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Dementia: Speech and Language Therapy

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 30977, tabled on 5 July 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he had with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on the development of the 10-year plan for dementia.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

12 July 2022

There have been no recent discussions.

We will set out plans for dementia in England shortly, which will focus on the specific health and care needs of people living with dementia and their carers, including dementia diagnosis, risk reduction and prevention and research.

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