David Cameron: we must treat dementia sufferers better until we find a cure "We can do a lot better in terms of nursing care, most nursing care is outstanding but some is not and we need to spread that best practice," he said. He highlighted hourly nurse ward rounds which he said had cut bed sores, and ulcers and helped patients with eating. Earlier he announced plans to ask patients if they would be happy to have friends or family treated on their ward and publish the results. Hospital staff are already asked the question in the NHS staff survey and around half would be unwilling to have friends and family treated on their ward. "It's such a simple thing," Mr Cameron said. "Every now and again one or two staff would say I am not happy with the standard of care here and I wouldn't be happy for one of my family to be treated here and that is not acceptable." he said. Mr Cameron said in many cases dementia sufferers should not be in hospital but should be cared for at home and that would save the NHS a 'fortune'. He said the health and social care budgets needed to be brought together to support that. There are some things going wrong in hospital in terms of treating people with dementia. In hospitals we have got to get better and that is what the nursing changes are about. Some hospitals do it brilliants, most do it very well but some are not up to standard and we have to deal with that," he said. Mr Cameron chaired a meeting with the Alzheimer's Society on Thursday aimed to draw up ways in which society can better support people with dementia, he said. Transport leaders were at the meeting to talk about how to ensure dementia sufferers can use buses and banks and building societies were there to discuss how to help people who forget their PIN, he said.