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100552

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help care for dementia patients in the community.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Dementia is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring people with dementia and their carers receive the best possible care in all care settings. That is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of steps have been taken to help care for dementia patients in the community:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 1 April 2014 we put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service, which has had over 80% take up by general practitioners to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- In the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month, it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Dementia Care &amp; Support Compact, the care sector’s own response to the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, sets out a commitment to support the delivery of the challenge and improve care and support for people with dementia, their carers and families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Health Education England, Skills for Care and Skills for Health launched pilots for the new Care Certificate on 28 April 2014. Taking place across a range of health and social care settings, the pilots are testing a set of standards designed to help employers to assess not only workers’ skills, but also the knowledge, behaviours and values that are required to deliver compassionate and quality care. The pilots are nearing completion. Subject to evaluation, we plan to introduce the Care Certificate by 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Government’s refreshed Mandate to Health Education England, published on 1 May 2014, builds on the existing ambition to have 100,000 National Health Service staff receive Tier 1 training on dementia by setting an ambition for a further 250,000 NHS staff to receive Tier 1 training on dementia by March 2015, with the tools and training opportunities being made available to all staff by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 70 communities across England have signed up to the national Dementia Friendly Communities recognition process, with an increased ambition to reach 75 by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 7 May 2014 Public Health England and the Alzheimer’s Society launched a major new campaign with the aim of securing one million people to become dementia friends by March 2015. The campaign is aimed at improving understanding and attitudes about dementia and towards people with the condition. There are currently over 520,000 Dementia Friends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We have made available £50 million capital funding for 2013-14 for the NHS and local authorities to work with providers to create better care environments to help people with dementia live well with the condition. The projects are now in the process of being evaluated and we will disseminate the key recommendations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:22:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1128068

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a national dementia strategy for beyond 2020; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
	uin	HL15917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>We expect to publish a new dementia strategy for England for the period 2020 to 2025 early next year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/06/2019 15:50:32 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

1128069

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards meeting the aims of the Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
	uin	HL15918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>We have committed to implement fully the Government’s <em>Challenge on Dementia 2020</em> strategy to make this country the best place in the world to live with dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Our recent review of progress tells us we are largely on track to meet our commitments to improve the lives of those living with dementia, their families and carers. The<em> Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2018 Review</em> <em>Phase 1</em> report is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Examples of progress we have made so far with our delivery partners include more than two thirds of people with dementia receiving a diagnosis, over 2.8 million people becoming Dementia Friends and 365 areas in England committing to being Dementia Friendly Communities. In the £250 million Dementia Discovery Fund we have the largest venture fund in the world aimed at discovering and developing novel pre-clinical therapies for dementia.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/06/2019 15:47:49 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name Dementia 2020 Challenge 2018 Review Phase 1.pdf title Dementia 2020 Challenge 2018 Review Phase 1
	tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

1144144

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve dementia care research and support for carers of people with dementia across the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
	uin	HL17632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government’s Dementia 2020 Challenge aims to make England the best country in the world for dementia care, support, awareness and research. The Government is committed to supporting research into dementia to find a disease-modifying treatment by 2025, and to help people with dementia live well with the condition. People participating in research are central to this effort, as are the health and social care staff who support their participation.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We expect all people who are newly diagnosed with dementia, and their carers, to receive information on opportunities to take part in research into dementia. By 2020, we expect all relevant staff to have received appropriate dementia training. This should include training relevant staff to be able to signpost interested individuals towards research via the Join Dementia Research service. We are also currently exploring options for increasing take-up of the more advanced Tier 2 training to everyone who needs it.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are committed to supporting carers to provide care in ways that protect and preserve their own health and wellbeing. In June 2018, we published the Carers Action Plan, a cross-Government programme of targeted work, including a £5 million Carers Innovation Fund to encourage innovative and creative ways of supporting carers. In addition, we are working with local government on a sector-led improvement programme of work focused on the implementation of the Care Act 2014 duties for carers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics such as dementia. Research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including dementia. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of the NIHR’s funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The NIHR funding for dementia research was £43.0 million in 2017/18, having increased from £27 million in 2013/14. Government spending overall on dementia research is running ahead of the Government’s 2020 Dementia Challenge commitment to maintain this at £300 million over five years. The total in 2017/18 was £82.5 million; £43 million via the NIHR, £36.3 million via the Medical Research Council and £3.2 million via the Economic and Social Research Council.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 09/09/2019 16:58:38 question first ministerially corrected 30/09/2019 10:59:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford previous answer version 135712 answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1175338

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, and (3) Northern Ireland, about the social care and medical provision for people with dementia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>Health and social care for people with dementia is a devolved matter and the responsibility respectively of the Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish Governments. Officials in the Department routinely work with the devolved administrations on areas of mutual interest.</p><p>For example, the Department has worked closely with the Scottish Government which had overall responsibility for the European Union Act on Dementia Joint Action 2016-19. The Joint Action promoted collaborative actions among Member States to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers and the Department co-ordinated a work package focussed on Dementia Friendly Communities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/02/2020 17:24:32 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1178141

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lifestyle changes they recommend to slow the progress of dementia.
	tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
	uin	HL1596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Lifestyle changes which may help prevent or delay the onset of dementia include being more physically active, eating healthily and maintaining a healthy weight, not exceeding lower risk levels of alcohol consumption, not smoking, connecting with people and staying mentally active, and controlling diabetes and high blood pressure.</p><p>An aspiration of the Government’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 is to improve public awareness and understanding of the factors which can increase the risk of developing dementia and of how people can reduce their risk by living more healthily.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 26/02/2020 14:02:27 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1187617

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish guidance for local authorities on (1) treatment, (2) care, and (3) funding for people with dementia, during the COVID-19 pandemic; when any such guidance will be published; and what assessment they have made of the number of patients with dementia in care homes without staff who have had dementia training.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced £1.6 billion of additional funding to support local authorities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic across all service areas.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, local authorities and providers to make sure the adult social care sector is ready. New adult social care guidance is available online and covers provision of residential care, supported living and home care.</p><p>Guidance for other sectors is being produced and updated regularly and the Government is also finalising COVID-19 related guidance for care homes including those housing individuals with dementia, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/05/2020 11:56:08 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

143438

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to sustain and support those in rural areas who have been diagnosed with dementia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
	uin	HL2723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, a task and finish group on rural communities is considering support for people with dementia living in rural areas. The task and finish group will report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/11/2014 12:03:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

143439

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to integrate social care systems in pursuit of good outcomes for those diagnosed with dementia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
	uin	HL2724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Access to a timely and seamless package of care and support is essential for people with dementia and their carers to live well with the condition. On 28 February 2014 the Secretary of State published his ambition that everyone diagnosed with dementia should receive high quality post-diagnosis support, including seamless care, with health and social care professionals working together to provide the best care and support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Better Care Fund is the biggest ever financial incentive for the integration of health and social care. Central Government requires at least £3.8 billion of health and social care budgets to be pooled via the Better Care Fund, with local areas choosing to add another £1.5 billion to pooled budgets across the country. From April 2015, councils and the National Health Service will be able to use the Better Care Fund to work with each other and the voluntary sector. Local areas can use some of this to improve outcomes for people with dementia, such as for example providing access to dementia advisors, reminiscence services and counselling. More generally, the Better Care Fund plans set out areas’ schemes for delivering integrated health and social care, many of which will benefit people diagnosed with dementia.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/11/2014 12:36:10 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

143440

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to ensure that a person diagnosed with dementia, and their family, has a clear path to assistance, support and advice.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
	uin	HL2725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>On 28 February the Secretary of State set out his ambition for high quality, compassionate care and support for people with dementia and their carers following a diagnosis of dementia. Our ambition is for people with dementia and their carers to have:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- a timely assessment of their condition and a diagnosis so that they can access the right care at the right time;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- someone who can help and advise, such as a Dementia Advisor, who will support them and their carer to access the services they need;</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>- a plan of care that will be tailored to meet their specific needs;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- support so that they can remain independent for as long as possible after diagnosis;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- access to high-quality personalised information that will help them understand and manage their condition;</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>- access to services such as reminiscence and counselling, that will support them and their carer to live well with dementia;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- co-ordinated care towards and at the end of life;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- timely access to support for carers; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- seamless care, with health and social care professionals working together to provide the best care and support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/11/2014 12:38:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley