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Dementia health check – will more checks lead to more use of services?

By Brenda Gannon Filed Under: All posts Posted: May 19, 2016

It’s Dementia Awareness Week, which this year aims to encourage people who are worried about dementia to confront their worries by addressing dementia directly and seeking support. Brenda Gannon explains how new research indicates this may not mean increased costs to the NHS. In the era of health budget Devolution and integrated health and social […]

Tagged With: dementia, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care, health, National Dementia Strategy

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Why childcare matters

By Brenda Gannon Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: June 4, 2015

Increased provision of free childcare will not only help to lift the UK’s productivity, it will also raise household incomes – potentially improving health outcomes for children, explains Dr Brenda Gannon. Currently, all children aged three or four are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks. In last week’s Queen’s […]

Tagged With: childcare, Children and Young People's Health benchmarking tool, health, Health Survey for England, Healthy Lives - Healthy People, inequality, Marmot Review, productivity, Queens Speech

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