Question follow-through · 53742
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the adequacy of the care available to people living with dementia; and if he will make an assessment of th
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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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
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the adequacy of the care available to people living with dementia; and if he will make an assessment of th
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2025
Answer published
Provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We would expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence g...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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