United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101056
Epilepsy: Research
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17 December 2025
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5 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of epilepsy to (a) the NHS and (b) the wider economy; and how this estimate informs decisions on funding for epilepsy research.
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of epilepsy to (a) the NHS and (b) the wider economy; and how this estimate informs decisions on funding for epilepsy research.
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5 January 2026
Answer
While the Government has not made a formal estimate of the cost of epilepsy to the National Health Service and the wider economy, we are aware of a report published by Economist Impact in February 2024, titled, The value of action: mitigating the impact o...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101056
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865610
- uk · wq-1865610 · source updated 5 January 2026