The joint letter from health and social care secretary, James Murray, and minister of state for care, Stephen Kinnock sets out the Government's responses to the asks set out at the Nuffield Trust Summit in March as detailed below.

A national safeguarding board for social care on a statutory legal footing

A new national adult safeguarding board had been established and will be chaired by the chief social worker, Sarah McClinton, reporting directly into minister Kinnock, as the minister of state for care.

Immediate backing to the scale up of dementia trials

UK dementia trials will be scaled up from 377 in 2025-26 to 2,000 people within the next five years.

A full time dementia czar

Recruitment to begin shortly on a new dementia czar.

Faster progress on the modern service framework for frailty and dementia

A new modern service framework for dementia and frailty will be published by the end of the year.

Fast track passport for people with MND

The development of a full prototype fast-track pathway for people with MND that gets them far faster access to the care and support they need.