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Dementia: Depressive Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken on potential links between dementia and depression.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken on potential links between dementia and depression.

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Department delivers dementia research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Recently completed NIHR-funded research has found that depression across the life course is associated with an increased risk of dementia, but that t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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