Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58216
Dementia: Depressive Illnesses
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken on potential links between dementia and depression.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department delivers dementia research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Recently completed NIHR-funded research has found that depression across the life course is associated with an increased risk of dementia, but that t...
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