Up to 71% of people living with dementia in the South East will not benefit from the Government’s proposed £86,000 social care cap.

That’s according to Alzheimers Society. 

The charity says it welcomes the introduction of a cap on care costs from next year.

But it also says the current cap proposed in the Health and Care Bill will only be reached by just over one quarter of people in the area. 

That figure was reached following new research commissioned by the New Economics Foundation.

It also found that the wealthiest people with dementia are set to benefit most under the current proposals.

But regional inequalities mean those living in the North and Midlands are less likely to reach the cap compared to other regionS.