Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia will provide for the regular publication of data on (a) dementia diagnosis and waiting times, (b) access to post-diagnostic support, (c) workforce capacity, (d) continuity and co-ordination of care and (e) outcomes for people living with dementia and unpaid carers by Integrated Care Board area; and whether she plans to publish an annual assessment of progress against the standards and outcome measures contained in that framework.

We will publish the first ever Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia at the end of this calendar year, to set a clear direction and a long-term blueprint to improve outcomes for people living with dementia and frailty. We are considering options to help reduce waiting times and improve dementia diagnosis and care.

NHS England collects and publishes data about people with dementia at each general practice in England, to enable National Health Service general practitioners and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services around patients’ needs.

We must ensure unpaid carers receive the right support at the right time. This is why the Government is acting now, and the cross-Government Unpaid carers action plan, published on 14 July, sets out how. The plan is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unpaid-carers-action-plan-recognise-refer-reach