‘It wasn’t easy’: Actress Charley Webb on mother’s dementia diagnosis

Charley Webb said it was not easy to get a diagnosis for her mother (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Former Emmerdale star Charley Webb has spoken about her mother’s continuing struggle with early onset dementia, and the difficulty of having to “really push” for a diagnosis, saying “it wasn’t easy”.

In 2023, Webb, 37, first spoke about her mother’s diagnosis, at the age of 64, and she has since become an advocate for Alzheimer’s and dementia.