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Tommy on tour to spread the word about dementia
Tommy Whitelaw (front) with staff from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after his talk about dealing with dementia, which was part of his Tommy on Tour programme. At the front with Tommy is Lead Nurse for older people Alison Webb. Picture: Matthew Usher.
Former U2 and Kylie global merchandising operator embarks on a special tour to spread the word about dementia
Chris Bishop Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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For years, he toured the globe with some of the biggest names in pop. Now he tours hospitals, spreading awareness about dementia.
Tommy Whitelaw ran the global merchandising operations for U2, the Spice Girls and Kylie until 2007, when his mum, Joan, was diagnosed with vascular dementia.
He was her carer for five years, until she died in September, 2012. Now Mr Whitelaw, from Glasgow, works on the Dementia Carers Voices project with the Health and Social Care Alliance.
Big data project to capture MS experience
Researchers will utilise big data analysis to track the lives of those living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a project to improve the evaluation of treatments.
Researchers will utilise big data analysis to track the lives of those living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a project to improve the evaluation of treatments.
Conducted by Imperial College London (ICL) and biopharmaceutical firm Biogen Idec, the OPTIMISE project will develop and deploy tools for collecting a wide range of data from people with MS in addition to routine clinical assessments over an initial three-year period.
‘Take care complaints more seriously’ regulator says
Complaints about health and social care should be taken more seriously, says the Care Quality Commission regulator.
Its report said there was a wide variation in the way complaints were handled across the NHS, primary care and adult social care services in England.
Too often people were met with a “defensive culture”, the report said.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has welcomed the move to improve care and said progress had been made.
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