Health · 1 hour ago
David Cameron Demands NHS Ends Dementia Drug Block
Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street, OGL v3, via Wikimedia Commons
Former prime minister David Cameron has joined 48 dementia specialists and former health ministers calling for the NHS to stop blocking new Alzheimer's treatments. The drugs lecanemab and donanemab are licensed in the UK but not routinely funded outside trials. The group wants a dedicated dementia drugs fund and a maximum 18-week wait for diagnosis, so patients can start treatment while it can still help.
Reported by The Telegraph · How we write briefs