Question follow-through · 36541
Memory Clinics: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from referral to diagnosis has been for people being referred to memory assessment services in the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 11 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
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from referral to diagnosis has been for people being referred to memory assessment services in the last five years.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
A timely diagnosis is vital to ensuring that a person with dementia can access the advice, information, care, and support that can help them to live well and remain independent for as long as possible.The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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