| Heading: |
Dementia: Mental Health Services |
| Question ID: |
1760366 |
| UIN: |
27656 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5112 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Luke Akehurst
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| Asking Member handle: |
lukeakehurst
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@lukeakehurst
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Primary Progressive Aphasia in the list of conditions requiring nationally commissioned services. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Primary progressive aphasia is a rare type of dementia where the recommended treatment is usually speech and language therapy, which is carried out by a speech and language therapist. NHS England is committed to delivering high quality care and support fo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |