Written question asked by Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative) on Friday, 5 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 January 2024. It was answered by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Monday, 15 January 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Anxiety: Research

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medical research the Government has funded into anxiety.

Answer: The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The remit of the NIHR is early translational, that is experimental medicine, clinical and applied health research, and social care research. In 2022/23, the NIHR spent approximately £99 million on research into mental health. In the last 10 years, the NIHR has invested approximately £41.5 million into research specifically focused, or including a focus, on anxiety and/or anxiety disorder. The NIHR is not currently funding any research explicitly focused on ‘bad nerves’. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including mental health.

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