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Dementia Services in Bury Receive National Acclaim
| Published: 11th October 2010 10:49 |
The value of working together was a key topic when England's first "dementia tsar" visited Bury.
Professor Alistair Burns met carers, service users, and providers of health and social care services at the new Fusilier Museum on World Alzheimer's Day.
At the Fusilier Museum are (front, from left) are Pat
Jones-Greenhalgh, Bury Council's executive director of adult
care services; and Professor Alistair Burns. Behind them are
(from left) Paul Horrocks, chairman of Bury NHS; Andy Crawford,
Carelink resource manager; Irene Finnerty, adult care services
strategic planning manager; Terry Thorpe, recently diagnosed
with dementia; Rachel Yates, Making Space team leader;
Nick Darrock, Carelink manager; Carolyn Brennan, NHS Bury
health service redesign lead; Sue Clarke, Alzheimer Society;
Mike Kelly, deputy chief executive of Bury Council.
The professor heard about local initiatives such as the Bury Dementia Advisor Service and the new Dementia Cafe for Bury.
Pat Jones-Greenhalgh, Bury Council's executive director of adult care services, said: "Although his title sounds very grand, the professor was not remotely "tsar-like" and it was a delight and a privilege to meet him.
"We were able to tell him about some of the work done here. There are more than 2,000 people with dementia in Bury, and 750,000 across the UK - and this figure is estimated to rise to one million by 2025.
"It's a major and growing issue, so it is all the more important to work with our partners and the community to provide the services which are valued by users and carers."
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