Government £40 million investment for arthritis research

The Department of Health has announced that over the next five years, over£40 million will be rewarded toarthritis-related research projects. This amount falls within a larger investment of£816 million. The£816 million of funding has been awarded to 20 biomedical research centres through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Each of the funded centres is a collaboration between an NHS organisation and a university partner, and will apply their research expertise to a variety of different research themes and health conditions.  Jeremy Hunt, health secretary, said:"The UK has so often led the world in health research - from the invention of the smallpox vaccine to the discovery of penicillin and the development of DNA sequencing. Today, we are making sure the UK stays ahead of the game by laying the foundations for a new age of musculoskeletal research. "The£40 million investment will help support the great minds of the NHS to push medical frontiers, so that patients in this country continue to benefit from the very latest treatments and the highest standards of care." Dr Stephen Simpson, director of research and programmes at Arthritis Research UK, commented:"This hugely important investment will be transformative in enabling the very best biomedical and health research to continue to be conducted in the UK. "Arthritis Research UK looks forward to supporting this work to ensure that quality innovative research ...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news