Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop best practice guidance to improve the early identification and diagnosis of patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

The Government is committed to improving dementia care and is empowering local leaders with the autonomy they need to provide the best services to their local community, including for those with Alzheimer’s disease.

The Dementia Care Pathway: Full Implementation Guidance, commissioned by NHS England, outlines the dementia care pathway and the associated benchmarks to support improvements in the delivery and quality of care and support. It showcases good-practice examples of services that have successfully reduced their waiting times.

We have recently published and launched the Dementia 100 Pathway Assessment Tool, which is available in an online-only format. This brings together multiple resources into a single, consolidated tool. Designed to reflect best practice and assess the effectiveness of dementia services, this will help create communities and services where the best possible care and support is available to those with dementia.