Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13862

Dementia: Music Therapy

Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a social care strategy which includes support for the use of musical techniques for people living with dementia.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The 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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