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<p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and has
committed to double funding for dementia research, to £160 million per year, by the
end of 2024/25. This will span all areas of research, including diagnosis and treatment
of dementia, and more specifically Alzheimer’s disease.</p><p>The Government has allocated
up to £120 million to the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, which aims to speed
up the development of new treatments through innovations in biomarkers, clinical trials,
and implementation.</p><p>Alongside the mission, the Department, via the National
Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is funding a range of research to accelerate
the development of effective treatments and to improve early diagnosis techniques.
This includes investing almost £50 million into the NIHR’s Dementia Translational
Research Collaboration Trials Network. This will expand the United Kingdom’s early
phase clinical trial capabilities in dementia, speeding up the development of new
treatments, and funding to the Blood Biomarker Challenge which could make the case
for the use of a blood test in the National Health Service, to support diagnosis of
dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.</p>
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