Dementia: Greater London
(asked on 14th November 2022) - View Source
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 access to dementia diagnosis services in London.
This question was answered on 18th November 2022
The London Dementia Clinical Network, a collaborative group of practicing clinician researchers, is supporting memory assessment services to improve performance by disseminating best practice and pathway guidance.
In 2021/22, £17 million was made available to clinical commissioning groups to specifically address dementia waiting lists and increase the number of diagnoses. Work to improve dementia diagnosis rates continues in 2022/23.