Leading UK charity urges preparation plan for new dementia treatments

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the Britain’s leading dementia research charity, is calling for an urgent plan for managing how new medicines are brought to patients, in a report that highlights several obstacles it fears could delay delivery of the next wave of dementia treatments.

The report, Treatments of Tomorrow: Preparing for breakthroughs in dementia, outlines a number of challenges and pressures in England’s healthcare system that may pose problems for the roll-out of disease-modifying treatments for dementia. The charity argues that as research continues to make progress, these challenges should be tackled now to pave the way for future scientific advances that could improve treatments and care.

The comprehensive report recommends a number of actions, including: