LONDON (ShareCast) - Computerised neuropsychological test specialists Cambridge Cognition announced its Cantab Mobile app has been released by North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group into the medical sector.

The group’s app will be introduced to five GP surgeries, five pharmacies and Grimbsy hospital to help diagnose dementia earlier.

The technology has been launched as part of a three-month evaluation, which allows doctors to detect the earliest signs of clinically relevant memory problems, by asking patients to remember and match different shapes and patterns that appear on the iPad.

North East Lincolnshire is the latest clinical commissioning group (CCG) to roll out Cantab Mobile into GP surgeries, pharmacies and hospitals making the total number of CCGs rolled out in the UK 28.

The company announced last year that four of its directed enhanced services for dementia, which were expected to be offered to GP practices in 2013/14, will now been released into 2014/15.

Chief Executive Officer Nick Kerton said: "Dementia currently costs the UK over £2.3bn a year and if we are going to reduce this figure, early diagnosis is key.

"We are therefore extremely pleased that North East Lincolnshire has adopted Cantab Mobile to improve diagnosis rates in the area."

As of 10:45 the share price was unchanged at 60p.

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