Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 43455

Dementia: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 2 April 2025

Answered: 10 April 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that new treatments for (a) Alzheimer’s disease and (b) other dementias are made available to people in the UK.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service in England on whether new medicines should be routinely funded, based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NICE evaluates all n...

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