| Heading: |
Dementia: Learning Disability |
| Question ID: |
1761339 |
| UIN: |
28294 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5255 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joe Robertson
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Joe Robertson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to tackle diagnostic overshadowing of dementia symptoms for patients with learning disabilities. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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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: |
The annual health check for people with learning disabilities should include a review of mental health, including signs of dementia, especially in adults with Down’s syndrome. People requiring an assessment for dementia should be referred to a clinician w... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |