CJD: Research
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research and innovation into Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
The Department funds research through the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). Since 2002, the Department has made available over £43 million of funding for research and surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and prion diseases including into the treatment and testing for CJD and mitigation strategies to reduce the risk of secondary transmission of the disease.
The NIHR welcomes research proposals on all aspects of human health including CJD and prion disease. Research applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.
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