Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 22617

Dementia

Tabled: 8 January 2025

Answered: 14 January 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in levels of people diagnosed with dementia over the last five years.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The national target is for 66.7% of people estimated to be living with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis. The latest dementia diagnosis rate reported by NHS England for the end of November 2024 was 65.8%.The target had been met consistently at the na...

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