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UK to play lead role in European dementia researchCommunity Care Market News - The European Commission’s announcement that the UK is to play a lead role in co-ordinated pan-continental action to tackle dementia has revived calls to bring research investment levels at home in line with our European counterparts. The new initiative, which places the UK among 10 countries leading research, is aimed at tackling shared health and social care problems such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementias and other neurodegenerative conditions. But its launch coincided with an open letter presented by 31 leading dementia researchers to the UK government, calling for a national research plan and a tripling of current investment. ‘Building on successful high impact dementia research, the UK will play a critical role in this initiative,’ said Dr Susanne Sorensen, head of research at the Alzheimer’s Society. ‘But while Europe strives forward, the UK government still lags behind Germany and France and there is still no specifically targeted dementia research funding,’ she said. Robert Potter (23/07/2009)
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