Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19102
Alzheimer's Disease: Knowsley
Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024
Question
Anneliese Midgley
Labour — Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people living with Alzheimer's in Knowsley constituency; and what plans his Department has to improve dementia (a) diagnosis and (b) care for those people
Answer
Stephen KinnockAccording to data from the Alzheimer’s Society, Knowsley’s prevalence of people living with dementia currently stands at 2,200, with a diagnosis rate of approximately 64%. There are thought to be 982,000 living with dementia in the United Kingdom.Those su...
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