Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82322

Alzheimer's Disease: Stress

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of stress on Alzheimer's disease.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

As highlighted in the Dementia Care Pathway: Full implementation guidance, poorly managed behavioural and psychological symptoms, which accompany dementia, may lead to increased distress, accelerated cognitive decline, inappropriate antipsychotic prescrib...

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