Dementia: Health Services
Commons · Question 21956 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available to local authorities to (a) provide timely care and (b) support assessments for people with dementia.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 7 Sep 2026
On 29 July the Prime Minister set out his objectives to reform the social care system and brought forward the timetable for Baroness Casey’s commission to inform that reform programme. All aspects of the current system will be reviewed as part of that pro...