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Crippling budget cuts forced a record 220,000 dementia sufferers to turn to hospital A&E units for help last year.
The latest scandal to hit the NHS can be revealed ahead of a major summit this week of world leaders on dealing with the illness.
Experts warn Government cuts of ?1.8 billion to the social care budgets of local councils and mounting pressure on doctors? surgeries means thousands of dementia sufferers now seek help at emergency units.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/record-number-dementia-patients-up-2904105
The latest scandal to hit the NHS can be revealed ahead of a major summit this week of world leaders on dealing with the illness.
Experts warn Government cuts of ?1.8 billion to the social care budgets of local councils and mounting pressure on doctors? surgeries means thousands of dementia sufferers now seek help at emergency units.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/record-number-dementia-patients-up-2904105