Dementia: Depressive Illnesses
Commons · Question 58216 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken on potential links between dementia and depression.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Jun 2025
The Department delivers dementia research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Recently completed NIHR-funded research has found that depression across the life course is associated with an increased risk of dementia, but that t...