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Baroness Casey calls for national dementia mission
UK urges national action on dementia with cancer-style commitment.
In brief
UK urges national action on dementia with cancer-style commitment. Baroness Casey urges UK to create national dementia mission like cancer treatment progress. Originally reported by Dailymail.
Cancer treatment progress
Cancer was once a death sentence with minimal treatment options.
Cancer transformation
Decades of research and public awareness transformed cancer survival.
National commitment
The country decided cancer mattered and kept fighting year after year.
Dementia challenge
Dementia is not normal aging but a treatable neurological condition.
Current neglect
People with dementia feel abandoned after diagnosis with no support.
18-week standard
Alzheimer's Society demands diagnosis and care within 18 weeks of GP referral.
Cancer lessons
Dementia needs research, trials, treatments and support like cancer did.
Dementia trials
UK must become a leader in dementia research trials.
Dementia tsar
Baroness Casey calls for a dementia tsar to lead national action.
Public involvement
Public must help design dementia care system through Big Conversation On Care.
2040 projection
1.4 million people will live with dementia by 2040.
National mission
UK must act together to create lasting dementia care change.
Public vote
Public must vote on dementia care proposals by September 23.
Long-term health
Healthier lifestyles mean longer lives with greater care needs.
National resolve
UK can achieve dementia progress like it did with cancer.
Action needed
UK must act now to improve dementia diagnosis and care.
What it means
Baroness Casey urges UK to create national dementia mission like cancer treatment progress.
