HC Deb 14 April 1980 vol 982 cc486-7W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is satisfied with the extent of medical and technological research being carried out by the Medical Research Council on the prevention of incontinence and the nursing of people suffering from incontinence; if he will list the centres where such research is being carried out by the Medical Research Council; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Macfarlane

It is for the Medical Research Council to decide how the funds received from the science budget

PROJECTS DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Establishment Project Title
MRC Epidemiology Unit, South Wales, Cardiff Studies of medical care including cervical cytology, breast feeding, urinary incontinence and drug prescribing.
MRC Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit, Harrow. Incontinence: prevalence in the community; identification of predisposing personal, medical and social factors; need for services; methods of management.
Department of Physiology, Royal College of Surgeons, London. Investigation of the sacral neuromimetic inhibitory substance found in retractor penis and sphincter ani.
MRC Neurological Prostheses Unit, London Bladder and sphincter controller.

PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH WORKERS IN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Establishment Project Title
Department of Urology, Avon Area Health Authority, Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Pathophysiology and clinical management of urinary incontinence.
Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. The use of intermittent catheterisation for children with spina bifida.
Nuffield Department of Surgery, Oxford University The effect of low temperature on the urinary bladder and its application in the treatment of incontinence of urine.
Department of Physiology, Leeds University Investigation of ascending spinal pathways which receive inputs from the abdominal viscera.
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University College, London. Neurotransmission to genito-urinary smooth muscle.
Department of Physiology, Institute of Psychiatry, London. The physiological basis of urinary and faecal incontinence.