Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 54180 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) PET scans, (b) cerebrospinal fluid testing and (c) other bio-marker led tests to confirm Alzheimer's disease.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Jun 2025
The Department delivers dementia research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds a range of research into dementia, for example investing almost £11 million to develop new digital approaches for the early detect...