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Dementia progress ‘achingly slow’ says global envoy
Professor John Wattis is a leading authority on old age psychiatry and a member of the University’s Ageing and Mental Health Research Group. Here he comments on the Dementia progress being ‘achingly...
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Blood test breakthrough in search for Alzheimer’s cure
John Wattis is a Visiting Professor of Psychiatry for Older Adults at the University. Here he comments on the announcement that a blood test has been developed to detect which people with failing...
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GPs to be paid £55 for each dementia diagnosis
Professor of Health Policy Peter Bradshaw comments on the BBC News story which says that for every dementia diagnosis a doctor makes they will be paid £55. £55 for doing the blindingly obvious!! The...
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Dementia: GPs say patchy services fail patients
Professor John Wattis is a leading authority on old age psychiatry and a member of the University’s Ageing and Mental Health Research Group. Here he talks about why GPs are right to be concerned...
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Robin Williams had Lewy Body Dementia (DLB) (dementia with Lewy Bodies)
Stephen Phillips is Course Leader for the MSc Community Nursing Practice (District Nursing) course. Here, he talks about the news that the well-loved comedian Robin Williams was suffering from Lewy...
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Is there really a benefit from getting an early dementia diagnosis?
Dr Tim Gomersall is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology from the University of Huddersfield. Here, in an article written for The Conversation, he talks about the call from the Alzheimer’s Society for...
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