Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 42792

Dementia

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Jessica Toale

LabourBournemouth West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of dementia diagnosis rates in (a) England and (b) Dorset.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
We are committed to recovering the dementia diagnosis rate (DDR) to the national ambition of 66.7%, which in England, at the end of February 2025, was 65.4%. To support the implementation of the Dementia Care Pathway, we have developed a memory service da...

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