Norman Lamb MP

Minister of State (Care and Support)

Department of Health

Richmond House

79 Whitehall

London

SW1A 2NS

Date: 14^th January 2014.

Ref: ML.N0031.AR.14.01.14.

Dear Norman,

I am writing to you regarding the recent G8 summit on dementia which took place in December.  I welcome the announcement of a commitment to attempt to develop a cure or treatment for dementia by 2025 and the news that the UK will be doubling its annual research funding to £132m by 2025 is also very welcome.

I have been contacted by a number of constituents with moving accounts of their own encounters with dementia in their families and asking me to do all I can to further support for research into dementia treatment and/or cures.  One constituent reported the distress involved in watching her mother lose her life to Alzheimer’s.  Another told me of the life-changing impact on her family of her mother developing early onset Alzheimer’s in her 50s.  I urge you to continue to treat the needs of those living with the illness as a priority and to ensure that all that can be done to ensure further research into treatments and/or cures for dementia is pursued.

Yours sincerely,