NHS: Dementia Commission Report
Debate between Lord Markham and Baroness Seccombe(9 months, 1 week ago)
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Lord Markham (Con)
The noble Baroness is correct that the science is unfortunately not there yet. That is why we are investing £160 million a year in research, because more needs to be done. In the meantime, and I suspect for ever, we will need to make sure that support networks are around this space, and the voluntary care sector, for want of a better phrase, is a vital part of that. We are making moves towards it; we are giving respite care and making some payments. I freely admit that there is more we could be doing in this space, but we have done quite a bit as well.
Baroness Seccombe (Con)
My Lords, my husband, having had two strokes, was part of a project called OPTIMA, so he left his brain to that project. When the report was sent to me, OPTIMA assured me that my husband had had vascular dementia, not Alzheimer’s.
Lord Markham (Con)
Again, everything that can add to our knowledge has to be a good thing.