Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what long term support his Department offers for (a) people with and (b) carers of persons suffering from dementia.

The Department has provided guidance ‘After diagnosis of dementia: what to expect from health and care services’, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/after-a-diagnosis-of-dementia-what-to-expect-from-health-and-care-services/after-diagnosis-of-dementia-what-to-expect-from-health-and-care-services

Carers should be supported to feel able to cope with their caring responsibilities and to have a life alongside caring, including being made aware of and offered opportunities for respite. Local authorities are required to undertake a Carer’s Assessment for any carer who appears to have a need for support. Later in 2022, we will be setting out our plans on dementia for England. The new dementia strategy will include a focus on improving the experience of being diagnosed and living with dementia, for people with dementia and their carers.