Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117062

Dementia: Palliative Care

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of recognising dementia as a complex and palliative condition in the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of life care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Almost one million people in the United Kingdom are living with dementia, and that figure is expected to rise. Each of those people, alongside their friends, families, and unpaid carers, have their own unique and important story of living with dementia.Th...

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