Nottingham actress Vicky McClure has handed a letter, signed by more than 35,000 people, to Downing Street calling on the government to fulfil its promise on dementia. The Line of Duty Star delivered the letter as an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society, which is concerned by how workforce issues are affecting those suffering from the disease.
The charity said more than 900,000 people are living with dementia, including an estimated 69,500 in the East Midlands. Ms McClure said the government is "failing people with dementia".
"I’ve seen this first-hand with members of my Our Dementia Choir, who are left struggling and alone after a diagnosis, unsure where to get the support they so desperately need," she said. “Social care workers that they depend on are often utterly broken and exhausted, trying to provide care while being overstretched, under-paid, and under-trained by a deep workforce crisis.
