Government must emphasis prevention in dementia strategy: experts

A group of 67 prominent healthcare professionals have sent an open letter to the government, urging ministers to do all they can to prevent dementia. The letter, published in the NRC, states that in all the plans to tackle the ‘explosive’ growth in dementia, little attention is being paid to prevention. ‘There is broad consensus that making a serious attempt to tackle dementia will lead to a 20% reduction in new patients over 12 years,’ the letter said. ‘That would... More >