Inequality leaving 115,000 dementia cases ‘undiagnosed’ in England

All-party parliamentary group on the condition says diagnosis rates are ‘a postcode lottery’

• ‘It’s frustrating for everybody’: the impact of dementia diagnosis delays

More than 115,000 people with dementia are going undiagnosed because of where they live, analysis of official figures shows.

The number of adults living with dementia worldwide is on course to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050. In England, the NHS calculates that more than 700,000 people over 65 have dementia.