Early day motion · EDM 805 · 4 Feb 2010
DEMENTIA RESEARCH
Tabled by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)
101 signatures
The motion
That this House welcomes the publication of the Alzheimer's Research Trust's Dementia 2010 report; notes that dementia affects 820,000 people in the UK; further notes that dementia costs the economy £23 billion per year, more than cancer and heart disease combined; is concerned that dementia research funding is 12 times lower than that for cancer; welcomes the Government's formation of a Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research; and urges the Government to make dementia research a national priority.
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