Dementia: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 1627 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 May 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve rates of early dementia diagnosis.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 26 May 2026
The average waiting time for dementia assessment waits varies between local memory clinics, local services and, at times, individual needs. Current performance data denotes a wait between six and nine weeks for those with a multidisciplinary team diagnost...