Dementia: Accident and Emergency Debate
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
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Dementia: Accident and Emergency
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Non-Afl)
My Lords, will the Minister consider a meeting of the British-Irish Council to deal specifically with the rising level of dementia cases throughout our devolved institutions, as well as England, with special reference to social care and the need for investment in it? It is urgently required.
Lord Bethell
The noble Baroness is quite right that this issue is not limited to England. The devolved Administrations are very much focused on it. I will look into the relevance and possibility of the kind of meeting she describes.