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Aphasia: Speech and Language Therapy

Commons · Question 122694 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2026

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Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning speech and language therapy services for people with primary progressive aphasia.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 26 Mar 2026

The Government is committed to improving care for everyone with dementia, which is why we have funded the work of Dementia 100: Assessment Tool Pathway programme. This brings together multiple resources into a single, consolidated tool and will help simpl...