# David Cameron reveals Alzheimer’s made his mother beg sister to kill her in heartbreaking NHS drugs plea

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/david-cameron-reveals-alzheimers-made-his-mother-beg-sister-to-kill-her-in-heartbreaking-nhs-drugs-plea/
- Published: 2026-11-14T09:55:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T10:25:17+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/david-cameron-mother-alzheimers-nhs-trial-b3084928.html
- Topics: Government, Health, Medicine, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Cameron says Alzheimer’s left his mother in profound distress.
- He is calling for NHS access to new treatments.
- A new trial aims to speed up Alzheimer’s research.

## Summary

Lord David Cameron has urged Andy Burnham to help make Alzheimer’s treatments available on the NHS, describing how his mother’s illness led her to repeatedly ask his sister to kill her. His account highlights the distress caused by the disease and comes as potential treatments and faster research trials prompt renewed calls for action.

Cameron’s mother, Mary, died with Alzheimer’s in 2025. Lecanemab and donanemab were licensed in 2024 but are not available through the NHS outside clinical trials; NICE is assessing them for routine use. Cameron has also called for a maximum 18-week wait for diagnosis and suggested government-backed insurance could help families facing high care costs. A new adaptive trial, Ad-Smart, aims to more than halve the time needed to test treatments; the government has announced £33 million for dementia research recruitment.

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