Six in ten dementia sufferers not diagnosed

Six out of ten people with dementia are undiagnosed, it has been found, as MPs launch an investigation into how to pick up missed patients.

The majority of people with the condition have not been diagnosed meaning they are missing out on vital support and treatment, MPs said.

Despite improvements in understanding of dementia, diagnosis rates have only increased by two per cent to reach 43 per cent in the last year.

Now the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia is launching an inquiry into how to improve diagnosis rates.

GPs do not feel equipped to make a diagnosis of dementia and few people understand the differences between normal signs of ageing and signs of dementia.

Dementia affects 750,000 people in Britain and is set to hit one million by 2021 and 1.7m by 2050. Read More