Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department has put in place to tackle the backlog in Alzheimer's diagnoses consultations since 2020.
In 2021/22, we allocated £17 million to address dementia waiting lists and increase the number of diagnoses. In 2022/23, NHS England will provide funding to general practitioners in specific areas to pilot approaches to improve the dementia diagnosis rate and access to post diagnostic support.
We will set out plans for dementia in England for the next 10 years later this year, which will include a focus on dementia diagnoses.