HC Deb 15 June 1982 vol 25 cc262-3W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the current research projects being carried out at the Rayne institute, St. Thomas' Hospital; how many staff are employed; and in which categories.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The Rayne institute at St. Thomas' hospital is a privately funded medical research organisation. It happens to be housed at the hospital but I regret that the Department does not maintain information about its activities or staffing.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what resources are provided by the National Health Service to support the research carried out by the Rayne institute at St. Thomas' hospital.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

This information is not available centrally. The hon. Member may care to approach the West Lambeth health authority direct.

Hospital or Department Type of Research
Guy's hospital Continuance and furtherance of data arising from the international coronary artery by-pass trial.
Hammersmith hospital, London The application of digital computers to hypertension clinic records.
Harefield hospital Uxbridge, Middlesex Coronary artery by-pass international multi-centre trial.
MRC epidemiology and medical care unit, Northwick Park hospital, Harrow Middlesex MRC Trial of treatment in mild/moderate hypertension (jointly funded with the MRC).
St. Mary's hospital medical school, London (i) Heart Disease Prevention Study;
(ii) Mortality from aorta valve disease.
St. Thomas' hospital, London (i) benefit of case-finding for hypertension
The social medicine and health services research unit (ii) Study of return to work after myocardial infarction.
General practice teaching and research unit Hypertension study.
The London chest hospital Follow-up to International coronary artery by-pass trials.
University of Cambridge and Brunel university Costs and benefits of a cardiac transplantation programme (Papworth and Harefield hospitals).
University of Oxford department of community medicine and general practice (i) Morbidity associated with coronary heart disease.
(ii) Epidemiology of congenital heart disease.
University of Oxford department of Psychiatry Social disability after myocardial infarction.

The main Government-funded body supporting research in this field is the Medical Research Council from its grant-in-aid under the science budget from the Department of Education and Science and research is also supported from other Government funds in the universities and hospital medical schools.