Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191286 on Memory Clinics: Waiting Lists, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including memory assessments for dementia in NHS England’s monthly diagnosis waiting times data; and if he will make this his policy.
NHS England’s monthly diagnosis waiting times data cover a selection of imaging scans, physiological measurements and endoscopy exams. Possible changes to the list of tests are being considered and will be offered for consultation in due course.