Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 126646

Aphasia: Speech and Language Therapy

Tabled: 13 April 2026

Answered: 20 April 2026

Question

Catherine West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to speech and language therapy for people with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), particularly for people who are linguistically and ethnically

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideli...

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