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<p>The Alzheimer’s Society has forecast that the number of people with dementia in
the United Kingdom will increase to over one million by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In February
2015, the Government published the Challenge on Dementia 2020 which set out more than
50 specific actions, across four core themes of risk reduction, health and care, awareness
and social action, and research, that together will make England the world-leader
in dementia care, research and awareness by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We are transforming
our approach to risk reduction to educate more people earlier about the risks of developing
dementia and the steps they could take to reduce those risks. Public Health England
has lead responsibility for this and will continue to work to reduce the incidence
and prevalence of dementia through its work on initiatives such as the NHS Health
Check and reducing health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements to diagnosis is
thought to be key to ensuring that the health and care system can manage the predicted
rise in numbers, as well as ensure that people living with dementia receive the care
they need. We continue to maintain diagnosis rates above the two thirds ambition nationally,
and are taking steps to reduce local variations in dementia diagnosis.</p>
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