Question follow-through · 130020
Dementia: Didcot and Wantage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to trials for new dementia treatments in Didcot and Wantage constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to trials for new dementia treatments in Didcot and Wantage constituency.
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients, including those with dementia, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.The Department funds research and research infrastructure through the National Inst...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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