Monday 8 December 2014

Autumn Statement: David Cameron announces new fund to tackle dementia

The Prime Minister says that the Autumn Statement will contain a pledge to provide £15 million for the fight against dementia.

An elderly man with dementia being helped by a niurse in a care home

A new multi-million pound fund to tackle dementia will be announced in this week’s Autumn Statement, David Cameron has said, as he warned that the disease is “one of the greatest enemies of humanity”.

The Prime Minister said that George Osborne, the Chancellor, will use Wednesday’s statement to announce a £15million fund to help find innovative new cures for the disease.

Mr Cameron said that the Government must “play our part in defeating” dementia in the coming years.

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