Question
Lisa Nandy
Labour
Wigan
Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the level of dementia diagnosis rates in England to the the national target of 66.7 per cent.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
18 October 2022
In 2021/22, we made £17 million available to clinical commissioning groups to address dementia waiting lists and increase the number of diagnoses. This included identifying areas of good practice in dementia diagnosis and provision of pre and post diagnostic support, which will be shared with dementia clinical networks and stakeholders.
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care
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