
Fiona Carragher
@ficarragher
Chief Policy and Research Officer @alzheimerssoc | Visiting Professor @UlsterUni | Previously Deputy Chief Scientific Officer @NHSEngland | Mum of 3 boys
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https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/ 15-07-2013 11:45:11
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Both Sara Davies and Vicky McClure MBE have been personally affected by dementia. They share some of their personal experiences and talk about why itās so important to find ways to help keep you or your loved ones feeling both independent and safe when they are spending. @Sibstar

Know a dementia researcher on a career break? Our new Daphne Jackson Trust-ust Fellowship offers flexible, part-time funding and mentoring to help support a return to research. Apply by Nov 25th. For more information go to our website: alzheimers.org.uk/research/reseaā¦


š Ready to tackle critical challenges in dementia care? Apply now for a fully-funded PhD with the Alzheimer's Society For Researchers I-Care DTC, covering themes like independence, risk, and inequality. #DementiaResearch #PhDPost dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/phd-studentshiā¦


Great to collaborate with Sam Royston Director of Policy and Research Marie Curie, to discuss how working in partnership to meet the dementia challenge is the best way Alzheimer's Society linkedin.com/pulse/too-big-ā¦

āItās complicated, itās challenging, and it cannot be tackled in isolation.ā Fiona Carragher and Marie Curie's Sam Royston discuss how weāre working in collaboration to improve end of life care. spkl.io/6018fwJoA

Are you a researcher with ideas for products to support people with dementia, but donāt know where to start? Apply to our Innovation Launchpad Programme by 13th of January! We have teamed up with Good Innovation to deliver support designed to help you to validate and pitch





We were pleased to welcome the Health Minister to our Belfast office today. With dementia cases in NI projected to rise by 51% by 2040, urgent action is needed. We look forward to working with Department of Health and the SPPG to drive transformation in dementia care and support.


An important start to 2025 meeting the Northern Ireland ā¦Department of Healthā© Health Minister Mike Nesbitt to discuss the key challenges facing people affected by dementia. Urgent action is needed to address the project 51% increase in dementia cases across NI by 2040



Iām excited to share this blog which introduces some of the researchers from our Alzheimer's Society Doctoral Training Centre for Vascular and Immune contributors to dementia. Their research will lead to vital new knowledge: alzheimers.org.uk/blog/researchiā¦

Interested in #inequalities in #dementia and how we can address them? Join us for our next in-person #Equadem event in London on the 19th of March! Kritika Samsi eventbrite.co.uk/e/equadem-quarā¦

šØ Breaking news The new NHS England planning guidance published today contains nothing on dementia. Like you, we think thatās unacceptable. Dementia is a priority. Diagnosis is a priority. We cannot ignore the UK's biggest killer anymore. #DementiaDeservesDiagnosis


Itās unacceptable that dementia, including a diagnosis target, has been removed from NHS England planning guidance. We need to #MakeDementiaAPriority and that starts with diagnosis. Join Alzheimer's Society as a campaigner today if you agree: action.alzheimers.org.uk/page/141326/daā¦



š¬ Alzheimer's Society & UK Dementia Trials Network are improving access to clinical trials. They need input from people with dementia & their carers. š Share this survey & help shape the future of research! dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/uk-dementia-trā¦


Also happening in a parallel session āDisrupting Diagnosing: A Health System Priority?ā with Joanne Pike, DrPH, Brad Conner, Fiona Carragher and Ricarda Milstein
