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Alzheimers Research
Posted on 25/04/08
P. Klein
Local North West Leicestershire MP David Taylor has backed a House of Commons motion supporting the campaign by Terry Pratchett and the Alzheimers Research Trust to urgently increase Government funding of Alzheimers disease research.
The Early Day Motion (EDM) praises Terry Pratchetts $1million donation to the Alzheimers Research Trust (ART), and shows concern that research funding is so much lower than for other diseases, like cancer. The EDM has cross-party support.
David Taylor, the Labour MP for North West Leicestershire, said: Like Terry Pratchett, Im deeply concerned about the underfunding of dementia research. There are over 700,000 people with dementia in the UK 1,000 of whom live in North West Leicestershire and the figures are rising, but only 2% of government medical research funding is allocated to Alzheimers and other dementias. Great advances in our understanding of the disease and new approaches to treatment and prevention are being made here in the UK.
Despite Terrys desire to kick a politician in the teeth, Im supporting his campaign with the Alzheimers Research Trust to ensure that funding for Alzheimers increases significantly.
Rebecca Wood, Chief Executive of the Alzheimers Research Trust, said: I welcome David Taylors support for dementia research by backing this motion. We are delighted that parliamentarians have chosen to support the campaign by Terry Pratchett and the Alzheimers Research Trust to increase research funding for Alzheimers and other forms of dementia. Research is the only way to beat this disease and help people like Terry to prevent them losing their thinking skills and keep them doing the things they love.
For every person with Alzheimers, 11 is spent each year on UK research compared with 289 for each cancer patient, even though similar numbers of people are affected. Terry Pratchetts $1 million donation will fund promising UK research which hopes to find ways to slow down or halt the disease. Were scraping for every penny; the ART still has to turn down two out of every three grant applications.
Alzheimers disease costs the UK more in care than cancer, stroke and heart disease combined but receives only a tenth of the Government research funding allocated to cancer. The EDM urges the Government to fund more research into the diagnosis, treatment and cure of Alzheimers, which is set to affect twice as many people within a generation as the population ages. It also supports the aims of the leading dementia research charity in the UK, the Alzheimers Research Trust, which is dedicated to encouraging and funding cutting-edge UK research.
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