Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the increase in the prescription of anti-psychotic medication in the care of people with dementia.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are consulting with areas to understand the patterns in prescribing during the pandemic. NHS England and NHS Improvement have also disseminated good practices and resources to support the management of COVID-19 for people with dementia through the NHS Futures Collaboration Platform, fortnightly forums and webinars with Dementia Clinical Networks across England. This includes resources to support non-pharmacological approaches to manage behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in adhering to public health advice for social distancing.