| Long waiting lists to attend memory
clinics |
Memory clinics restricted to
universities |
| Shortage of staffing, especially
psychiatrists and psychologists |
No National dementia strategy plan |
| Insufficient funding |
Poor access to neuroimaging |
| Short appointment length in primary care |
Short appointment length in primary care |
| Insufficient training for
non-specialists |
Non-specialists rarely perform cognitive
screening |
| Minority ethnic groups and immigrants tend to
be diagnosed later |
Limitations in the diagnosis of dementia in
low education patients |
| Stigma of dementia patients and their
families |
Stigma of dementia patients and their
families |
