Question follow-through · 1135

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help lower the costs of dementia care for patients and their families.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
20 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help lower the costs of dementia care for patients and their families.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 May 2026

    Answer published

    We are making progress on a National Care Service based on higher quality of care, greater choice and control, and joined-up health and care services, with over £4.6 billion of additional funding available for adult social care in 2028/29 compared to 2025...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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