Despite the huge burden of dementia far less money is spent research a cure for the devastating condition than researching cancer treatments.
Dementia research gets 13 times less funding than cancer even though the cost to society is far greater, Oxford University has found.
Treating and caring for cancer patients currently costs Britain around £5 billion a year, but the bill for dementia is £11 billion.
Yet despite the huge burden of dementia just 8p is spent on researching new treatments for each £10 spent looking after people with the condition. In contrast, cancer research receives £1.08, more than 13 times more.
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