Simon Kirby, Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven was pleased to drop into the Christmas Tea Party on Friday at the Fairlight Manor Dementia Care Home in Telscombe Cliffs.

Simon said, “I was pleased to be able to drop into the Christmas Tea Party and chat to residents. It was also great to meet all the staff who do such a fantastic job looking after people with dementia.”    

In 2015, the Challenge on Dementia 2020 was launched which sets out the vision for dementia care, support, awareness, and research to be transformed by 2020.
 
In March 2016, the Government published an Implementation Plan to support the 2020 Challenge which has been co-produced with key partners across the health and care sectors. Alongside this, a joint declaration has been published setting out an ambition to improve the quality of post-diagnostic care.
 
Progress in the care, support and treatment of people with dementia has been made, with more people receiving a diagnosis of dementia than ever before.
 
Research is crucial to understanding and tackling dementia and the Government has doubled research spending on dementia. This will be maintained to total over £300 million by 2020, with the UK's first ever Dementia Research Institute receiving £150 million.