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Dementia: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number and capacity of dementia trials.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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  1. 23 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number and capacity of dementia trials.

  2. 25 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Government responsibility for delivering dementia research is shared between the Department for Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovation and T...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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