Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has met with renowned British actor Sir Jonathan Pryce at one of a series of events she attended as part of Dementia Awareness Week.
Flick went to The Geller Commission to speak with Laurence Geller, the chair and Professor David Sharp from the UK Dementia Research Institute about their work.
The commission is seeking views on how to reduce avoidable dementia-related hospital occupancy in England.
She also attended the Dementia Action week parliamentary drop-in with Dementia Support. She discussed the Sage House Model which integrates specialised dementia services into accessible community locations.
And finally, she visited Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Action Week drop-in to learn about the importance of a dementia diagnosis in giving people access to the care and support they need, as well as in planning for the future.
“Dementia is a growing problem as our population ages and it is estimated one in three people are now set to develop dementia in their lifetime,” said Flick.
“We have an urgent need to drive up diagnosis rates across the UK, with a focus on early and accurate diagnosis as well as funding research into ways to treat this terrible disease.
“The awareness week was a big success with MPs and I was pleased to be able to go to so many and hear important updates as well as meeting with Sir Jonathan.”
Pictured with Flick is Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing, Alzheimer’s Society and Sir Jonathan Pryce.
