Carer's plea for dementia support

Doctors have raised fresh concerns about the level of support people with dementia and their carers get from the NHS and social services in the UK.

And the Royal College of GPs says until the situation improves, doctors will have to weigh up whether there is any advantage in early diagnosis.

Stephen Blakeburn cares for his mother Jenny who was diagnosed with dementia five years ago.

He told BBC Breakfast that he needed someone he could trust to care of his mother for a couple of hours every now and then so that he could have a little bit of respite.