Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84017
Dementia: Diagnosis
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Question
Charlotte Cane
Liberal Democrat — Ely 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 KinnockThe 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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