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Alzheimer's Disease: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 1134 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 May 2026

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will issue guidance to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on taking steps to ensure (a) unpaid care costs and (b) quality-of-life impacts on unpaid carers are r

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 22 May 2026

The Department has no plans to issue guidance to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to ensure that it takes into account unpaid care costs and quality of life impacts on unpaid carers in appraisals of Alzheimer’s disease treatmen...