Dementia: Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 43455 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that new treatments for (a) Alzheimer’s disease and (b) other dementias are made available to people in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Apr 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service in England on whether new medicines should be routinely funded, based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NICE evaluates all n...