UK government pledges £1.6m to dementia research over next 10 years

[Cinders66]

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BRITAIN will spearhead the hunt for a dementia cure by doubling the funding for cutting edge research. Health Secretary Matt Hancock reveals the £1.6billion spending pledge in an exclusive interview with the Daily Express today.

By GILES SHELDRICK
PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sat, Nov 23, 2019

The UK will spearhead the hunt for a dementia cure (Image: Getty)
He promises an extra £83million a year for scientists who are working around the clock to solve the greatest health crisis of our time. It means the UK will spend a total of £1.6billion over the next 10 years. The extra funding comes after the Daily Express highlighted the huge disparity between the amount set aside for cancer research compared to that dedicated to scientific investigation into brain wasting diseases like Alzheimer’s. ”

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1208214/Dementia-news-NHS-latest-dementia-cure


In the U.K. dementia was getting £90/ research/ person a year -
CFS gets £2 Biomedical research / person, i don’t know how much for other research.

 

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You might want to edit your post @Cinders66 as it says "£1.6m" rather than billion.