Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 34036

Dementia: Care Homes

Tabled: 26 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in transferring dementia patients from hospitals to social care settings.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Almost one million people in the United Kingdom are living with dementia, and that figure is expected to rise. Each of those people, alongside their friends, families and carers, have their own unique and important story of living with dementia, and this ...

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