Question follow-through · 115231

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish a dementia strategy within the current Parliament.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
25 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish a dementia strategy within the current Parliament.

  2. 25 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    We will deliver the first ever Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia to deliver rapid and significant improvements in quality of care and productivity. This will be informed by phase one of the independent commission into adult social care. Th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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