"It is a scandal that we as a country haven't kept pace with (dementia)," Cameron said

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"It is a scandal that we as a country haven't kept pace with (dementia)," Cameron said

Mark Richards

Prime Minister David Cameron announces extra funding to fight dementia in a speech at the Alzheimer's Society in London on Monday. Overall funding for dementia research is to reach £66 million by 2015, up from £26.6 million in 2010.