§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he intends to increase the amount of money in real terms available for research into nursing care; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what is the amount of money allocated to specific nursing care research; and what percentage this amount is of the total moneys available to health care research overall.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyResearch into nursing care falls mainly into the following research priority themes:
- Aids
- Acute Sector Hospital Services
- Community Care
- Primary Health Care
Information about expenditure on individual projects is published in the Department of Health yearbook of research and development 1989, available in the Library.
Provision for the health and personal social services research programme in 1990–91 is planned at £21 million, compared with expenditure in 1989–90 estimated at £15 million.