| Heading: |
Lyme Disease: Research |
| Question ID: |
1805816 |
| UIN: |
54462 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5109 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Bloore
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| Asking Member handle: |
chrisbloore
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@chrisbloore
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support research to develop an early-diagnosis test for Lyme disease infection. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The Department funds research through the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is not currently funding any research on early diagnostic tests for Lyme disease. The NIHR welcomes research proposals on Lyme disease and diagnostic... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |