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Dementia: Music Therapy

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
14 Nov 2024
Answer
20 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 14 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    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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