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Memory Clinics: Staff

Commons · Question 28296 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to increase the (a) number of specialists in and (b) level of training on young onset dementia in memory assessment services.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 12 Feb 2025

We recognise that those with young onset dementia who draw on care and support have different ambitions and face different challenges to older age adults.The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services, including the detection and diagnosi...