Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the average age of diagnosis as a key performance indicator in the dementia strategy for assessing the progress of diagnosing dementia.
We will shortly set out our plans on dementia for England, which will focus on the specific health and care needs of people living with dementia and their carers, including dementia diagnosis, risk reduction and prevention and research. As part of the development of the plan, we are working with partners to identify appropriate key performance indicators to monitor progress and assess the plan’s success.