Dementia care “not good enough”

October 1, 2009

A report by a leading medical ethics group has criticised the NHS for providing insufficient support to patients in the early stages of dementia.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics blasted the “morally wrong” practice, saying there was “ample evidence” that in many cases people were diagnosed with the condition and “simply told to come back in a year’s time”. (Nursing in Practice)