One million people, including bank and shop workers, will also be offered
basic training under a Dementia Friends scheme so that they can identify the
condition and assist those who need extra help.
David Cameron said yesterday that awareness of dementia was shockingly low and
that more than a million people would soon be sufferers in this country.
There are currently 670,000 people with dementia in England but this is
predicted to double in the next 30 years.
The Prime Minister and Health Secretary will today begin a new strategy to
raise awareness of dementia and increase research into the disease.
There will now be a requirement on all health-care professionals to ask all
patients aged between 65 and 74 about their memory during a check-up.
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