Clinic focusing on wider UK access for new integrated Alzheimer’s assessment pathway after recent launch.
Specialist brain clinic Re:Cognition Health is aiming to roll out its Alzheimer’s integrated assessment pathway nationally over the next few months following its recent Harley Street Health District launch.
The new assessment – dubbed CognitionCheck – brings together AI-driven cognitive testing, MRI brain imaging, blood biomarker analysis and specialist cognitive physician consultation in one pathway for adults aged 50 and over.
The initial rollout will focus on making the assessment accessible nationwide through Re:Cognition Health’s clinical network and its partnership with Scan.com, which provides access to more than 300 imaging centres across the UK, the clinic said.
While the individual components are available elsewhere, the clinic said CognitionCheck is ‘one of the first’ UK pathways to combine them within a single coordinated patient journey.
And the launch shows how specialist providers are translating advances in AI, imaging and blood biomarkers into practical, patient-facing services, according to Re:Cognition Health CEO and Medical Director Dr Emer MacSweeney.
The clinic said the new assessment responds to increasing demand for earlier, more proactive insight into cognitive health, with Alzheimer’s making up 60-80 per cent of one million dementia cases in the UK, predicted to grow to 1.4 million by 2040.
The assessment is currently available privately and is not yet accessible through NHS referral pathways. However, Dr MacSweeney said wider adoption of approaches that enable earlier diagnosis and intervention as national dementia strategies evolve would be welcome.
“Early diagnosis is more crucial today than ever, with new treatments that slow Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative conditions, identifying changes before symptoms become severe allows more people to benefit from these therapies.” said Dr MacSweeney.
Longer term, Re:Cognition Health wants to see proactive cognitive health screening established as a routine part of healthy ageing, similar to cardiovascular risk assessment today.
