This paper explores the barriers in accessing services for dementia by people from ethnic minority populations. The paper is divided into two main sections: the first part will examine how social, cultural, and religious attitudes within ethnic minority groups in relation to mental health and healthcare in general affect service utilisation and the second section will discuss how extrinsic factors such as service structure affects access to services. Finally, we offer recommendations related to improving access to healthcare services. Members of the public from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups are marginalized in healthcare services as they are more likely to receive poorer quality of care, have worse health outcomes, and have long term illnesses in comparison to the majority population  This is supported by censuses from the UK identifying that health disparities affected ethnic minority groups more so than the general population and the elderly ethnic minority group were most adversely affected Due to the changes in age demographics in the UK this has raised concerns about the suitability of healthcare services, especially dementia services, for older adults from BME groups