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Dementia Services

The hon. Lady makes an important point, which clearly shows that we need to learn from experience on the ground how we can improve matters. I shall speak shortly about the particular challenges of dementia care in hospitals. Training is another key part of the strategy. According to the dementia care services market briefing last year, a third of care homes that specialise in dementia—I am not referring to those that do not—do not provide their staff with dementia care training. When the Minister responds, will he give us an update on progress on training? If our care professionals—people who deal with those with dementia—do not have the proper training and education on dementia, many of the good aims in the strategy simply cannot be brought to fruition.