Committees

Supporting those with dementia and their carers

Inquiry

Many of those living with dementia and their carers rely on support from the social care system. However, those living with dementia can face catastrophic costs, the system can be difficult to navigate and many are left unable to access the care they require.

This short inquiry will consider how the social care system is supporting those living with dementia. It will build on work from the Committee’s recent inquiry into Social Care: fund and workforce to further consider what changes must be made in the long awaited reform of the social care system to support those with dementia.

The inquiry will be held over two sessions. The first will explore the experiences of those living with dementia, the support currently available and what good care should look like. The second will consider the Government’s commitment to ensuring all those living with dementia care are able to live well.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 25 May 2021
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Oral evidence session 25 May 2021
Children and young people's mental health - Oral evidence
9:30am
  • Kamena Dorling (Head of Policy and Advocacy at Article 39)
  • Saffron Cordery (Deputy CEO and Mental Health Lead at NHS Providers)
  • Bernadka Dubicka (Chair of the Children and young people’s faculty at Royal College of Psychiatrists)
10:15am
  • Julie Bentley (CEO at Samaritans)
  • Steve Mallen (Co-founder at Zero Suicide Alliance)
  • Louis Appleby (Professor of Psychiatry and National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health at University of Manchester)
  • Mark Rowland (CEO and member of National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory at Mental Health Foundation)
Supporting those with dementia and their carers - Oral evidence
11:15am
  • Tom Surrey (Director of Adult Social Care Policy at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Helen Whately MP (Minister of State for Care at Department of Health and Social Care)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 18 May 2021
9:00am Private
10:00am Public
Supporting those with dementia and their carers - Oral evidence 18 May 2021
10:00am
  • Johnathan, an individual with lived experience
  • John, an individual with lived experience
10:30am
  • Fiona Carragher (Director of Research and Influencing at Alzheimer’s Society)
  • Caroline Abrahams (Charity Director at Age UK)
  • Sarah Pickup (Deputy Chief Executive at Local Government Association)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: hsccom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA