Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has welcomed a UK Government commitment to develop a Major Conditions Strategy in an effort to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce ill-health in the UK. The UK-wide strategy aims to alleviate pressure on the health system, as well as support the government’s objective to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce the number of people out of work due to ill-health. A Written Ministerial Statement stated that the strategy combined the Government’s commitments in relation to mental health, cancer, dementia and health disparities. In response, ARUK has welcomed the approach, whilst further calling for the concept of brain health to be embedded within the strategy as a holistic approach to preventing dementia and promoting healthier lifestyles. It is expected that an interim report on the strategy will be published in the summer. The UK Government’s statement on the strategy can be found at:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-24/hcws514
