Question follow-through · 72006
Dementia: Community Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of community care for dementia patients.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of community care for dementia patients.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
Provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guide...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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