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Dementia: Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's provision of care for dementia patients within the local community.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 14 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jul 2025
Answer: 21 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's provision of care for dementia patients within the local community.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
Our health system has struggled to support those with complex needs, including those with dementia. Under the 10-Health Year Plan, those living with dementia will benefit from improved care planning and better services.We will deliver the first ever Moder...

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