Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to return the dementia diagnosis rate to its target level.

To support recovery of the dementia diagnosis rates, we have developed a memory service dashboard to support commissioners and providers with appropriate data and enable targeted support where needed.

We have funded an evidence-based improvement project to fund two trusts in each region, totalling 14 sites, to pilot the Diagnosing Advanced Dementia Mandate protocol. Learning is currently being shared and promoted with regional and local partners following an impact assessment of the pilots.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Dementia Intelligence Network has developed a tool for local systems to enable investigation into local variation in diagnosis and take informed action to enhance diagnosis rates.

We have also published the D100: Assessment Tool Pathway programme, which brings together multiple resources into a single, consolidated tool. The tool continues the work of the Dementia Care Pathway, covering all elements of the Well Pathway, including Diagnosing Well.

The D100: Pathway Assessment Tool launched in April 2025 and is available at the following link:

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care/nccmh/service-design-and-development/dementia-100-pathway-assessment-tool