Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussion with NHS England on reframing the dementia risk reduction messaging within the NHS Health Check to promoting good brain health.

In 2017, national guidance on the NHS Health Check was updated to include new advice that, during a check, practitioners should make attendees aware that what is good for the heart is good for the brain. The Department also developed online NHS Health Check training resources, created in conjunction with Health Education England, to support practitioners delivering a check to have a conversation on dementia risk, and inform people about the signs and symptoms of dementia.