are the primary source of dementia support, family members. for me, firstly, the 70 million 17 million invested in waiting lists has not touched the sides. waiting lists have not recovered to pre pandemic levels, a0,000 people in the uk are waiting now for a dementia diagnosis. without that diagnosis they cannot access the help and support they need. the pledge with the dementia mission to invest in research is fantastic and a great start, but again, significantly more is needed. we know so little about dementia, what causes it. we haven t got an nhs which is ready to be able to deliver some of the incredible breakthrough treatments that are coming through so so much more to be done. we need to support gps in being able to get that diagnosis done in those surgeries and that is going to cost. primarily we need much more funding into adult social care. he health and social care secretary committee said we needed £7 billion more going