Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84017

Dementia: Diagnosis

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing the relevant target from the NHS Operational Planning Guidance 2025-6 on the dementia diagnosis rate.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Darzi Investigation found that there are too many targets set for the National Health Service, which made it hard for local systems to prioritise their actions or to be held properly accountable.Our aim is to give more power to local systems and let t...

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