Andy Burnham backs Mail's campaign on dementia

Andy Burnham announces £48m partnership in bid to ‘defeat’ dementia

The Prime Minister, whose father Roy died last month after suffering from Alzheimer’s, said he wanted Britain ‘to be the country that makes the breakthrough’

Andy Burnham backs Mail's campaign on dementia

The Prime Minister will on Friday make dementia research a national priority and unveil a £48million partnership to accelerate the search for a cure.

‘I have real hope we can defeat dementia’ – PM unveils £48m research drive to accelerate treatments

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham Thursday 08 October 2026 amilies affected by dementia could benefit from faster access to clinical trials and the development of new treatments under a £48 million UK-wide research partnership being unveiled by Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The initiative aims to overcome one of the biggest obstacles in dementia research – finding enough volunteers to test promising new medicines – while giving mo…