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Key stats
A collection of key facts and statistics about medical research in the UK
Public engagement with medical research
At least 8 million
people donated to medical research charities in 2017
Medical research is the
most popular
charitable cause in the UK
97%
of the public think health research is important
94%
of the public believe that medical research will lead to an improvement in the quality of life for people in the UK in the next 20 years
In 2015
one in eight
members of the public said they had, at some point, taken part in a medical research project.
77%
of the public would be willing to allow their anonymised medical records to be used in a medical research study
Economic impact of medical research
Every £1 invested in medical research delivers a return equivalent to around
25p
every year, for ever.
Every £1 of public or charity investment in medical research is also associated with an additional
£0.83-£1.07
of private sector R&D spend. This spillover effect leads to a real annual rate of return (RoR) on the investment of 15–18 %.
Combined, the total annual rate of return on public or charitable investment in medical research is
24-28%
.
Charity funded medical research
£1.3bn
of research funding in the UK invested by medical research charities in 2018
Medical research charities have invested
£13 billion
in research in the UK since the sector started collecting data in 2008
AMRC members fund
41%
of all publicly funded medical research nationally
94%
of all UK charity funded research takes place in universities and hospitals
Over
17,000
researcher salaries were funded by medical research charities in 2017
Charity funded clinical research
200,000
people in the UK were recruited into over 1,300 clinical studies or trials funded by AMRC charities
31%
of non-commercial research supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network was funded by charities in 2018
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