Pledging support for a dementia cure

We, the undersigned, have pledged our support to delivering a cure for dementia. We pledge to play our part in making breakthroughs possible.

Which parliamentarians pledged their support?

    Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning MP

    Hemel Hempstead

    "Directly or indirectly, dementia has an impact on nearly all of us at some point in our lives, I pledge to pressure the Government to make sure we honour this commitment."

    Marsha de Cordova

    Battersea

    "I pledge my support to protect the future of dementia research."

    Damian Green

    Ashford

    "This is a really important research effort which deserves all our support. I have seen the effects of this cruel disease in my own family and it would be such a breakthrough to conquer it."

    Dr Philippa Whitford

    Central Ayrshire

    Wera Hobhouse MP

    Bath

    Angela Crawley

    Lanark and Hamilton East

    Cat Smith

    Lancaster and Fleetwood

    Marion Fellows

    Motherwell and Wishaw

    Stephen Farry

    North Down

    Tommy Sheppard

    Edinburgh East

    Caroline Ansell

    Eastbourne

    "A step change in research funding is mission critical to new treatments & strategies & our ultimate ambition: finding a cure. This matters very much to those I represent and to me and I am pleased to affirm my commitment."

    Rehman Chishti MP

    Gillingham and Rainham

    Richard Thomson

    Gordon

    Dr Lisa Cameron MP

    East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

    Andrew Bowie

    West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

    Rosie Cooper

    West Lancashire

    Fleur Anderson

    Putney

    Ian Lavery

    Wansbeck

    "We will make finding a cure one of our Government’s biggest collective priorities… This will include doubling research funding into dementia and speeding up trials for new treatments."

    Conservative Party manifesto pledge 2019

    We now need to see action to deliver on the commitment to double dementia research funding.

    Now is the time for the political leadership that puts UK dementia research at the forefront of the global search for life-changing treatments.

    We need MPs support to find a cure.

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    How are we going to find a cure?

    There are six priorities that are essential in our efforts to find a cure for dementia.

    Earlier detection and intervention

    Better ways to predict the success of new drugs

    Make the UK the best place for dementia research

    Support and expand research infrastructure

    Better understanding of dementia risk factors

    Better data on the impact of dementia

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