Early Day Motion·EDM 1477

ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS WEEK (No. 2)

30 June 1998101 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Dame Siobhain McDonagh

Labour — Mitcham and Morden

Motion Text

That this House notes that Alzheimer's Awareness Week, 5th to 11th July 1998, this year takes the theme of memory; notes that over 700,000 people in the United Kingdom have Alzheimer's Disease or another form of dementia; recognises the importance of research into memory and dementia; congratulates the Alzheimer's Disease Society on its care for those whose memories are damaged by dementia and the support it offers to carers; and acknowledges the Alzheimer's Disease Society's continuing commitment to high quality medical and psychosocial research.