Dementia: Mental Health Services
Commons · Question 27656 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Primary Progressive Aphasia in the list of conditions requiring nationally commissioned services.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 4 Feb 2025
Primary progressive aphasia is a rare type of dementia where the recommended treatment is usually speech and language therapy, which is carried out by a speech and language therapist. NHS England is committed to delivering high quality care and support fo...