Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13861
Dementia: Music Therapy
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a new dementia strategy which references the use of music to support people living with dementia.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Quality Standard on Dementia, published in June 2019, recommends that therapeutic use of music be considered as a means of non-pharmacological intervention for people with dementia. Localities should...
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