This week Gillian was pleased to host a special event marking Dementia Action Week in Parliament in association with Tangmere-based charity Dementia Support.
Since her election to Parliament, Gillian has campaigned for greater awareness and more funding for research into Dementia. This includes as a minister at the Department for Health and Social Care, where she launched the Government's dementia mission, which doubled funding for dementia research to £160 million a year by 2024 to 2025.
The event in Parliament aimed to raise awareness of the unique Sage House hub model which has transformed the dementia journeys of thousands of people across our community in Chichester. The model has also been found by the University of Chichester to save our local health economy £1,722 per person.
MPs from all major parties attended, including the Minister of State for Social Care, Helen Whately MP, and the Labour Shadow Minister, Andrew Gwynne MP, with many expressing an interest in having a Sage House of their own in their constituency.
Following the event Gillian said:
I was so pleased to be able to host Dementia Support in Parliament today for this important event.
Given that one in three people in the UK will develop dementia over their lifetime, it is more important than ever that we as lawmakers look at new ways to support people living with this illness and their families.
This is also personal for me too. As someone who has felt the terrible impact of dementia close to home, I know how much my family would have benefitted from Dementia Support’s one-stop-shop model to help them navigate their dementia journey and ‘live well’ with this illness.
Click here to read more about Dementia Support and their academic evaluation with the University of Chichester.
