Au R.-U. plus de la moitié des cas de démence ne sont pas diagnostiqués.
Le gouvernement britannique fixe un objectif quantitatif : 160 000 diagnostics à établir dans les deux ans, soit la moitié des cas non diagnostiqués.
David Cameron compte profiter de sa présidence du G8 pour faire avancer la coordination internationale sur le sujet.
Doctors told to improve dementia diagnosis rates | Society | guardian.co.uk
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Doctors will be set a target to diagnose another 160,000 dementia sufferers in a government drive to tackle the incurable brain condition. Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, says the NHS has shockingly low dementia diagnosis rates, with 350,000 of the estimated 670,000 people with dementia unknowingly living with the condition.
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The prime minister David Cameron said he was determined to use Britain’s chairmanship of the G8 to forge a more co-ordinated international approach to the problem.
A summit on dementia will be held in London in September, bringing together health and science ministers, senior industry figures and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
