Many people in the UK are suffering because the NHS does not integrate information well between primary care, hospitals, social care, and other services. This lack of integration means that patients, like those with dementia, may receive poor or uncoordinated care if their doctors and other providers do not have access to complete and up-to-date information. While private businesses see integrated information systems as essential, the NHS has been slow to implement them fully. There is now a recognized need to better integrate health records, budgets, and services, but this will be difficult to achieve without first improving how information is shared across the NHS.