The National Dementia Strategy1 highlights that dementia care and services are fragmented, poorly coordinated, and vary in quality across the UK.2,3 It is depressing to see that these issues had been identified several years ago,4,5 and also that GPs' lack of training and confidence in making a diagnosis of dementia seem, if anything, to have deteriorated since 2000.2,3,6 Unfortunately, the idea that making an early diagnosis of dementia could engender further fear and stigma still seems to have some currency, …