MPs and peers call for new national dementia strategy

All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia says new plan should improve post-diagnosis support.

Good dementia support must be available in every area of the country, a report by a group of MPs and peers has said.

In a report published today, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia recommended a series of areas that could be addressed by a new dementia strategy.

It said post-diagnosis support must be a priority but that “this sense of urgency has yet to filter down to clinical commissioning groups and local authority level, and we want to see this happen as soon as possible”.

The group said there had been improvements in the care of people with dementia since the National Dementia Strategy for England was published in 2010 but it was unacceptable that it was still so piecemeal.

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