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Burnham Faces 18-Week Dementia Care Target Calls

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC · How we work

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England Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces calls to set an 18-week dementia care waiting-time target.
Social Care Minister Alison McGovern backs the Alzheimer's Society proposal for an 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
The government will appoint a dementia tsar and publish a service framework by year-end.
Baroness Louise Casey says the NHS should emulate cancer care for dementia.
About one million UK dementia patients are projected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040.

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England Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces calls to set an 18-week dementia care waiting-time target.
Social Care Minister Alison McGovern backs the Alzheimer's Society proposal for an 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
The government will appoint a dementia tsar and publish a service framework by year-end.
Baroness Louise Casey says the NHS should emulate cancer care for dementia.
About one million UK dementia patients are projected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040.