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418450

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria NICE has set for new dementia treatments to be recommended for provision by the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence assesses significant new drugs and treatments, including those for the treatment of dementia, through its technology appraisal programme. Technology appraisals are conducted in accordance with NICE’s <em>Guide to the methods of technology appraisal 2013</em> which is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/article/pmg9/chapter/Foreword" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/article/pmg9/chapter/Foreword</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/09/2015 15:15:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1401580

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of implications for its policies of the Global Burden of Disease study findings, published on 7 January 2022, that dementia cases in the UK will increase by 75 per cent by 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	100543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>We are aware of the findings of the study, although no formal assessment has been made.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has been co-ordinating and delivering work relating to dementia risk reduction. This includes producing the Productive Healthy Ageing profile, which contains data for local areas on the risk factors for dementia and working with voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of dementia risk reduction messages. OHID also has responsibility for national oversight of the NHS Health Check programme which aims to prevent some forms of dementia.</p><p> </p><p>We will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for future years in 2022. This will include a focus on prevention and risk reduction.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 13/01/2022 14:58:44 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1547574

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 94680 on Dementia, what his planned timetable is for the announcement of the appointment of the Chair; and what estimate he has made of when the Chair will begin work.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	101689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>We are in the process of recruiting the chair and hope to be able to announce their appointment in the new year. When they will be able to begin work is subject to pre-appointment checks.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/12/2022 12:40:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1246583

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of dementia diagnosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	108243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Challenge on Dementia 2020 sets out the ambition for two thirds of people with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis. The target was met consistently at the national level from July 2016.</p><p>The dementia diagnosis rate fell below the national ambition at the start of the pandemic, as many memory assessment services were temporarily closed and normal referral routes were disrupted. Memory assessment services have now reopened, adapting delivery of their service to offer virtual assessments using telephone or video conference so that diagnoses can be made. These adaptations are being supported and promoted at a national level through guidance and through working with dementia networks and other stakeholders.</p><p>NHS Digital collect data on the number of patients with a <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses" target="_blank">recorded dementia diagnosis</a> in their clinical record and report this on a monthly basis, so that the National Health Service - general practitioners and commissioners - can make informed choices about how to plan their services around their patient’s needs. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/recorded-dementia-diagnoses</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/11/2020 11:41:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 58315 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1550941

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the increase in people with dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	109562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2021/22, £17 million was made 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.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/12/2022 10:32:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1248470

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of social isolation on the cognitive skills of dementia sufferers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	110744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>Guidance on the national restriction states that although people are required to stay at home, there are exemptions to reduce risk of isolation. These include allowing people to form support bubbles and to provide care to vulnerable people. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/12/2020 15:46:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1330563

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2021
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for dementia diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	12136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made £17 million available to address dementia waiting lists and increase the number of diagnoses. NHS England and NHS Improvement are using this funding to aid recovery of referrals to memory assessment services, diagnosis of dementia and support access to post-diagnostic support. The funding can also be used to address the needs of those waiting for diagnosis and those who have a diagnosis but are unable to access support services due to the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/06/2021 10:21:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1421158

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants work specifically on dementia within his Department; and what the grades of those civil servants are.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	121706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Work on dementia involves staffing and budgets across multiple teams within the Department, including those focused on dementia policy, research and prevention, as well as social care reform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 121708 question first answered 21/02/2022 09:11:07 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1421160

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) staffing and (b) resource budget has been allocated for work on dementia within his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	121708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Work on dementia involves staffing and budgets across multiple teams within the Department, including those focused on dementia policy, research and prevention, as well as social care reform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 121706 question first answered 21/02/2022 09:11:07 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

822898

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make available data about delayed transfers of care involving people with dementia for the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on the number of delayed transfers of care. The latest data is for November 2017 and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/</a></p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to collect patient condition specific data about delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 122583 question first answered 18/01/2018 14:31:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley