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Film highlights the reality of living with dementia
Tuning In To Dementia
8:56am Wednesday 27th November 2013 in News By Kate Liptrot, Health Reporter
A THOUGHT-provoking film which asks young people to consider the reality of living with dementia was premiered at a York school last night.
Starring students from Joseph Rowntree School, community members and some residents with dementia from Hartrigg Oaks, Tuning In To Dementia, aims to increase dementia awareness and build better understanding of the condition from an early age.
Over the next year it will be shown to 2,000 York secondary school pupils in personal, social and health education lessons and could then be rolled out nationally alongside a lesson plan.
Should we have more access to our medical records?
Should we have more access to our medical records? Norfolk MP George Freeman presents bill to call for “full and unfettered” access
MP George Freeman
Annabelle Dickson, Political Editor Tuesday, November 26, 2013
10:28 AM
Patients should be given “full and unfettered” access to their medical records, Norfolk MP George Freeman will tell parliament today as he calls for a change in the law so patients own their own medical data.In a Ten Minute Rule Bill the Mid Norfolk MP will call for patients to be able to hand their medical data over to researchers to help drive new treatments for hard-to-cure diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer.
His bill is supported by more than 50 UK medical charities including the prostate cancer campaign group Movember, Marie Curie, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and a number of leading research doctors.
George Freeman MP said that patient records were too often sitting on hospital shelves gathering dust – allowing failed treatments to be repeated over and over without anyone gathering the evidence to see what works and what fails – and why.
Top doctor welcomes dementia-friendly high-street to Fareham
STORES in Fareham have signed up to become a dementia-friendly high street.
Dr David Chilvers, chairman of the Fareham and Gosport Clinical Commissioning Group, which buys in health needs for the area, has welcomed the move.
He said: ‘It’s fantastic news for Fareham – and for people living with dementia and their families and carers.’
