Rachel's Dementia Campaign - Rachel Gilmour MP

Rachel Gilmour MP and NHS workers at Minehead Hospital

Rachel Gilmour MP's Dementia Campaign

Within the area of Health and Social Care, Rachel is particularly passionate about dementia care. Given Tiverton and Minehead is demographically more at risk for dementia, and Rachel's family links to dementia, this area is of great focus for Rachel.

Follow this page to see what Rachel has been up to, lobbying the Integrated Care Boards in Devon and Somerset, and the Government, for better Dementia Care Pathways, and support for individuals living with dementia and their carers.

The Tiverton and Minehead Dementia Report

I am privileged to represent the constituency of Tiverton and Minehead.

I have a disproportionately large number of elderly constituents, and a disproportionate number of those find themselves in very difficult circumstances. Those with dementia, or who fear they might have it, are some of the most vulnerable of all.

I commissioned this report because I wanted to shine a light on what is happening to my constituents, and to tell government exactly what they need. In particular, I would like to pay tribute to Emre Demir, for his hard work in researching and authoring this report whilst interning in my office.

It is also why I applied to bring forward a Ten-Minute Rule Bill on Dementia Specialist Support – to turn this into action in Parliament.

I am incredibly grateful to Professor Sube Banerjee for his insights, which can be found in the video accompanying this report, and for the time he has given me and my staff in producing the video.

Despite being a politician, I am a human being first. I dedicate this report to my mother, who lives with dementia.

Read the Tiverton and Minehead Dementia Report Here

Listen to what sector expert Professor Sube Banerjee has to say about the Tiverton and Minehead Dementia Report:

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