Perinatal Mortality: Research Anne Milton To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has allocated to spending on research into the prevention of stillbirth in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the subsequent three years; which research projects are being funded; where these projects are being carried out; and how much is planned to be spent on each project. Dawn Primarolo Estimated expenditure in 2008-09 by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and its Policy Research Programme (PRP) on research related to stillbirth is £2.2 million.1 Further details are shown in the following table. 1 Excludes the cost of the one National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit work stream of which stillbirth research forms a part. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Funding stream |Project title/research theme |Principal investigator and location |Total cost (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme|Antenatal screening for group B streptococcus colonisation—protocol development |Professor Peter Brocklehurst, University of Oxford |30,590 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme|Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy(NRT) in pregnancy |Dr. Tim Coleman, University Hospital Nottingham |1,355,640 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme|Accuracy and cost effectiveness of rapid diagnosis of Group-B streptococcus during labour |Dr. James William Gray, Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Foundation Trust|712,686 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme|A multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intelligent system to support decision making in the management of labour using the cardiotocogram|Professor Peter Brocklehurst, University of Oxford |5,957,981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme|Methods of prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia—Systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling |Professor Khalid Khan, University of Birmingham |319,054 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme|A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy |Dr. Michael Ussher, St. George’s, University of London |1,182,613 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR biomedical research centres |Women’s health and the newborn |Professor I. Jacobs, University College London |4,791,962 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR biomedical research centres |Reproductive medicine and development |Professor Nicholas Fisk, Imperial College |2,344,680 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR biomedical research centres |Women’s health |Gordon C. S. Smith, University of Cambridge |1,060,556 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NIHR genetics programme |Exploring the potential of family networks as a resource for genetic testing and counselling in a community with a preference for cousin marriage |A. Darr, University of Bradford |231,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PRP |The Northern congenital abnormality survey: a collaborative survey of congenital anomalies in the Northern region |Dr. Judith Rankin, University of Newcastle |427,174 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information in respect of Medical Research Council (MRC) expenditure in this area in 2008-09 is not yet available. The usual practice of the Department’s NIHR and of the MRC is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. Future levels of expenditure on stillbirth research will be determined by the success of relevant bids for funding.