Dementia: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 93146 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average waiting time for a dementia diagnosis since 2010 in England, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) year.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Dec 2025
This information is not held centrally.We remain committed to recovering the dementia diagnosis rate (DDR) to the national ambition of 66.7%. The DDR for patients aged 65 years old and over at the end of October 2025 was 66.5%. The rate is an increase of ...