30/04/2026
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐, someone in the UK develops dementia. Dementia is now the UKโs ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ. At the current rate, there will be ๐ญ.๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ living with dementia in the UK by 2040. Unless a cure can be found.
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐
A nationwide trial is now assessing blood tests that could diagnose Alzheimerโs years earlier, with the potential to reach the NHS within five years. These tests could be groundbreaking because current treatments work best before significant damage is done. Earlier diagnosis means more time, more independence, more life.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Alzheimer's Research UK is focused on finding a cure through scientific research. They work to understand how dementia develops, detect it earlier, and ultimately prevent it. And real progress is happening... drugs such as lecanemab and donanemab help to slow Alzheimerโs when caught early. The benefits are modest but this is a shift from managing decline to changing the course of the disease.
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There are now over 180 clinical trials testing more than 130 potential drugs worldwide, targeting not just symptoms, but the disease itself. Gene therapies are already in clinical trials for certain types of dementia, aiming to halt the disease at its root. Progress is real, but it is expensive. Dementia research takes time and sustained funding to reach patients. History shows us when funding increases, progress accelerates. Cancer survival has doubled in 50 years. HIV is now manageable. Dementia is at that same turning point.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ
Whilst a cure is being sought, you can help provide the care to those affected. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ supports people living with dementia through a national dementia support line and local services for diagnosis, care and daily life.
The Health and Safety Groupโs Ops Director, Wenol Messham, will be taking part in the ๐๐น๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฒ.
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