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Angela Rippon: We need to end the dementia crisis now
HOSPITALS must be made more dementia-friendly if the NHS is going to cope with a surge in sufferers, TV’s Angela Rippon said yesterday.
Even some of the most modern hospitals are wholly unsuitable environments for people affected by this condition
The older people’s champion and dementia ambassador campaigns to improve the lives of patients, their families and carers.
NHS Direct to receive additional funding to extend 0845 service as NHS plans for winter pressures
£15m has been allocated to support NHS 111 through the winter period
NHS England will fund an extension of NHS Direct’s 0845 number – despite the service being decomissioned from February – under NHS England’s plans to reduce the winter pressures on the health service.
