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Alzheimer's Disease: Stress

Commons · Question 82322 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of stress on Alzheimer's disease.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 Oct 2025

As highlighted in the Dementia Care Pathway: Full implementation guidance, poorly managed behavioural and psychological symptoms, which accompany dementia, may lead to increased distress, accelerated cognitive decline, inappropriate antipsychotic prescrib...