Mike Penning supports House of Commons motion calling for Government to fund more research into Alzheimer’s disease.

Hemel Hempstead MP, Mike Penning, this week backed a Motion in the House of Commons urging the Government to fund more research into Alzheimer’s disease.

The Early Day Motion (EDM), endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust (ART), claims that Alzheimer’s has not been made a Government priority and that funding is not keeping pace with the rising prevalence of the disease. The EDM has cross-party support and has been signed by over 80 MPs.

Mike Penning MP said:
”Underfunding of Alzheimer’s research is deeply concerning. There are over 750,000 people with dementia in the UK and the figure is rising, but only 2% of funding through the Medical Research Council is allocated to Alzheimer’s. Great advances in our understanding of the disease and new approaches to treatment and prevention are being made in the UK, so I’m committed to supporting the Alzheimer’s Research Trust’s campaign to ensure funding for Alzheimer’s increases significantly”.

Alzheimer’s disease costs nearly ten times more than cancer to treat 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 Alzheimer’s. It also supports the aims of the leading Alzheimer’s research charity in the UK, the Alzheimer’s Research Trust (ART), which is dedicated to encouraging and funding cutting edge research.