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Dementia: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 36977 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) pilot and (b) support the adoption of new diagnostic tools for dementia (i) including blood tests and (ii) generally.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 18 Mar 2025

The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in new capacity, including magnetic resonance imagin...