Question follow-through · 34037
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS hospital staff receive adequate (a) training and (b) support to manage dementia patients in general hospital wards.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS hospital staff receive adequate (a) training and (b) support to manage dementia patients in general hospital wards.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
Employers in the health system are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to the required standards to deliver the appropriate treatment for patients. Individual trusts are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to carry out ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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