Building ventilation and Covid-19
Providing adequate ventilation is an important means of reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission. this briefing discusses the scientific evidence and the UK government's policy on ventilation.

This briefing examines policies in England to improve dementia diagnosis, care, support and research. Health is a devolved matter, and the note also briefly outlines dementia strategies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also provides statistics on rates of dementia.
Dementia: policy, services and statistics overview (344 KB , PDF)
There are an estimated 850,000 people with dementia in the UK. By 2040, the number of people with the condition is expected to double.
The UK Government has set an objective for England to be a world leader in fighting dementia and has committed to improving diagnosis, care and support, and research.
The Challenge on Dementia 2020, published in February 2015, set out what the UK Government wanted to achieve by 2020 in order for England to be:
Some of the key objectives of the Challenge were:
The Challenge on Dementia 2020 also contained the commitment to spend £300 million on dementia research over the five years to March 2020. This commitment was delivered a year early with £344 million spent on dementia research over the four years to 31 March 2019.[1]
The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, also commits the NHS in England to continuing to improve the care provided to people with dementia and their carers.
The Government has said that it aims to bring forward proposals for a new strategy later in 2021, which will set out plans for dementia care, support, awareness, and research in England. The Government is also currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia including medical and care interventions.[2]
A separate Library briefing is available on The effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people affected by dementia (November 2020).
[1] PQ 144985 [on Dementia: Research], 3 February 2021
[2] PQ 171711 [on Dementia: Research], 25 March 2021
Dementia: policy, services and statistics overview (344 KB , PDF)
Providing adequate ventilation is an important means of reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission. this briefing discusses the scientific evidence and the UK government's policy on ventilation.
The WHO is negotiating a treaty on pandemic preparedness. The briefing outlines what has been proposed, where negotiations are up to, and what comes next.
A Westminster Hall debate on 'improving dialysis care outcomes' is scheduled for 19 May 2022 at 3pm. Jim Shannon MP will open the debate.