Dementia: Continuing Care
Commons · Question 71286 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS Continuing Healthcare for people with (a) young onset dementia and (b) other forms of dementia.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 12 Sep 2025
Our national statutory guidance, the National framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care, outlines that access to NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment, care provision, and support should be fair, consistent, and free from di...