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Dementia: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Primary Progressive Aphasia in the list of conditions requiring nationally commissioned services.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
4 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Primary Progressive Aphasia in the list of conditions requiring nationally commissioned services.

  2. 4 Feb 2025

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  3. 4 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Primary progressive aphasia is a rare type of dementia where the recommended treatment is usually speech and language therapy, which is carried out by a speech and language therapist. NHS England is committed to delivering high quality care and support fo...

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