Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33765

Dementia: Diagnosis

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Margaret Mullane

LabourDagenham and Rainham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase scanner availability for dementia diagnosis, (b) reduce diagnosis times and (c) improve patient outcomes.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in new capacity, including magnetic resonance imagin...

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