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 improve waiting times to access dementia treatment in Warwickshire.

Coventry and Warwickshire ICS have a number of initiatives aimed at increasing capacity for dementia assessment and treatment, particularly in South Warwickshire where it is recognised that there are longer delays.

An additional consultant and team have been in place in South Warwickshire since September 2024 to run intensive clinics, increasing assessment and treatment capacity and speed.

In November 2024, South Warwickshire added additional weekend dementia clinics.

The Memory Service in Warwickshire have introduced a range of measures to maximise specialist staff capacity, including employing additional administrative staff to complete tasks not requiring a specialist clinician. October 2024 saw a 40% increase in number of assessments completed by the team compared to the average earlier this year, and a 59% increase in reviews of existing patients.