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The NHS will "grind to a halt" unless more is done to help care for dementia patients in the community, warns Wales' only professor of geriatrics.
A quarter of patients in district general hospital beds in Wales have dementia as one of their conditions.
"It's a challenge that's going to get even bigger if we don't do something about it," Prof Anthony Bayer told BBC Wales' Week in Week Out.
Ministers admit a "new push" is needed on how dementia services are developed.
A recent audit of the NHS Memory Services in Wales by Prof Bayer compared the amount of money spent on patients in Wales with those in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-29694422
A quarter of patients in district general hospital beds in Wales have dementia as one of their conditions.
"It's a challenge that's going to get even bigger if we don't do something about it," Prof Anthony Bayer told BBC Wales' Week in Week Out.
Ministers admit a "new push" is needed on how dementia services are developed.
A recent audit of the NHS Memory Services in Wales by Prof Bayer compared the amount of money spent on patients in Wales with those in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-29694422