Positioning dementia as a global priority
Sube has worked nationally and internationally on strategy and policy development to improve care for people with dementia. He was instrumental in the World Health Organisation’s inclusion of dementia as a global priority in its Global Action Plan. With an extensive background in clinical leadership roles, he built and led effective modern services for older people’s mental health and dementia in London.
In 2020, Sube co-authored the report for The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care, which crucially added three more risk factors to the nine already identified, that if addressed could prevent or delay dementia. The report laid out policies and lifestyle changes that if followed, could reduce dementia cases by 40%.
Thought leadership
Why it’s time for a rethink on dementia care
How to care for people with dementia is one of the most pressing problems of the 21st century. An estimated 850,000 people in the UK are currently living with this devastating illness, a figure set to double in the next 30 years.
Read more about why we need to rethink dementia care.