Public funding from the Government complements the money provided by medical research charities.
The value of this mutually-beneficial relationship has been shown in a report published today by the Office of Health Economics (OHE).
The report, commissioned by Cancer Research UK, demonstrates that the combination of funding by charities and by the Government leads to very specific benefits, including that:
• when charities and the Government both support science, this helps the economy.
• public funding helps charities to raise money by showing that the Government has faith in research these funds are supporting.
• UK healthcare would suffer if one of these partners was to cut their contribution.
