Written questions

Dementia: Clinical Trials

Commons · Question 108583 · Tabled 27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the availability of clinical trials for dementia patients.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 2 Feb 2026

Government responsibility for delivering dementia research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), with research delivered via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovatio...