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Rugby must evolve before more players pay the price Partner content
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By Rylands Garth
Rugby must evolve before more players pay the price
For the first 21 years of my life, everything I did revolved around becoming a professional football player. As a teenager, I was living the dream - on a fast track to play for my boyhood club Liverpool and training with legends of the game daily.
A unified approach is needed to address the UK’s biggest killer Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
A unified approach is needed to address the UK’s biggest killer
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer but people living with the condition constantly tell me that they struggle to get the right support. Now is the time for accountability and integration at national level, writes Professor Fiona Carragher
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Society responds to NHS Operational Planning Guidance for 2025-6
Today (30 January), the dementia diagnosis rate target (that 66.7% of people living with dementia in England should have a diagnosis) has been removed from the NHS Operational Planning Guidance for 2025-6. Fiona Carragher, Chief Policy and Research Officer at Alzheimer’s Society, responds to the announcements: 
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society welcomes Welsh Government’s commitment to make dementia a priority – but demands action now
A charity has welcomed a Welsh Government commitment to make dementia a priority as diagnosis rates in Wales remain shamefully low.
Prime Minister invited to take the lead on dementia Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Prime Minister invited to take the lead on dementia
Alzheimer’s Society campaigners invite Sir Keir Starmer and his government to create a better future for people living with dementia by taking their stories to the heart of governmen
Only 29% of care workers in England have received any dementia training Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Only 29% of care workers in England have received any dementia training
With one million people living with dementia in the UK, Alzheimer’s Society has called on the Government to make specialised dementia training mandatory for the social care workforce
The key to tackling dementia: the Chancellor must act on early diagnosis
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By Jim Dickson MP
The key to tackling dementia: the Chancellor must act on early diagnosis
Around one million people are currently living with dementia in the UK, including 29,000 across Kent and over 1,200 in my own constituency of Dartford.
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By Alzheimer’s Society
The UK’s forgotten crisis: Alzheimer’s Society reveals the heart-breaking reality of dementia happening behind closed doors
With such an enormous impact now and into the future, we can’t afford to ignore dementia Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
With such an enormous impact now and into the future, we can’t afford to ignore dementia
Many of you reading this will already know the impact of dementia on those living with it. It’s a profound personal and family challenge, but the impact doesn’t end behind closed doors. The pressure on the NHS, social care, and the huge personal and economic costs present the most urgent health challenge of our time.
This is manifestly the moment for dementia to be made a priority Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
This is manifestly the moment for dementia to be made a priority
Dementia is the biggest health and social care challenge of our time. It is the UK’s biggest killer.
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Meeting the Global Challenge of Dementia
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By Alzheimer’s Society
We need to talk about dementia
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By Alzheimer’s Society
We can’t afford to ignore dementia any longer
Soaring dementia care costs reach £42 billion in UK – and families bear the brunt Partner content
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Soaring dementia care costs reach £42 billion in UK – and families bear the brunt
Alzheimer’s Society is calling on the Government to make dementia a priority and urgently fix diagnosis as just 1.4% of dementia healthcare costs are spent on diagnosis and treatment, with families shouldering 63% of the costs
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Setting out a bolder vision for the future
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Innovative solutions at Alzheimer’s Disease International
Preparing for an impending crisis in dementia care Partner content
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By HC-One
Preparing for an impending crisis in dementia care
With the number of people living with dementia set to almost double by 2040, how can the already fragile care system cope?
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Making dementia a priority at a local level – putting lived experience at the heart is the key
Real and lasting change is urgently needed for people living with dementia, the UK’s biggest killer.
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society stresses importance of diagnosis in response to new Panorama documentary
Our expert responds to a new BBC Panaroma documentary which focuses on new drugs that may change the future of Alzheimer's disease treatment.
Dementia Research will Change the Future Partner content
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By UK Dementia Research Institute
Dementia Research will Change the Future
Today, over a million people in the UK are living with dementia and related neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease (MND).
Baroness Finlay reviews 'One Last Thing: How to live with the end in mind'
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By Baroness Finlay
Baroness Finlay reviews 'One Last Thing: How to live with the end in mind'
Wendy Mitchell’s exploration of living with dementia whilst preparing for the end of life may contain a strong thread of optimism – but fails to provide satisfactory answers to some crucial questions
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Blood Biomarker Challenge to 'revolutionise' dementia diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Society is working on the Blood Biomarker Challenge, a project that could bring dementia blood tests to the NHS within five years.
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By Alzheimer’s Society
Technology is key to helping people with dementia
We have a chance to change the future of dementia
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By Stephen Hammond MP
We have a chance to change the future of dementia
It’s hard to shy away from the stark impact of dementia on our society. It remains the leading cause of death in the United Kingdom, a near million Brits are living with it, and it’s on track to be the nation’s most expensive health condition by 2030.