Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 54180

Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis

Tabled: 21 May 2025

Answered: 2 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) PET scans, (b) cerebrospinal fluid testing and (c) other bio-marker led tests to confirm Alzheimer's disease.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Department delivers dementia research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds a range of research into dementia, for example investing almost £11 million to develop new digital approaches for the early detect...

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