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Dementia: Care Homes

Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 October 2025UIN 80278

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating specialist dementia care homes to complete the Herbert Protocol for all residents with dementia.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Herbert Protocol is a form that can provide the police and other emergency services with essential information about a person with dementia should they go missing.

While this is not currently mandated, it is freely available for use online and can be completed by a person living with dementia, or those that care for them. Further information is available on the Herbert Protocol website at the following link:

https://herbertprotocol.com/

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