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The system uses a virtual character displayed on a screen to engage a patient in a conversation.

Leeds Beckett University has launched a new Good Practice Guide to help people living with dementia get access to better treatment.

Submitting... But 41,827 have an official diagnosis, meaning just 63.2 per cent of the estimated number of sufferers have had their condition identified. The national target for dementia diagnosis, set by NHS England is 66.7 per cent, but it has dropped some six percentage points over the course of the pandemic, the charity’s research showed, taking it under target for the first time since 2015. The head of services for Alzheimer’s Society, Judith King, said: “The toll of the pandemic on people with dementia stretches far beyond deaths from the virus. “These drops in dementia diagnos...

HUNDREDS of people tuned in to watch the South Wales Argus Health & Care Awards, held in association with t2 group, and applaud the heroic men and women who have been on the Covid-19 frontline during 2020. The ceremony, broadcast online on the Argus Facebook page to keep everybody safe, featured a glittering array of household names from the worlds of sport, television, music and medicine. Wales and British Lions rugby legend Sam Warburton, Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page, Justin Hawkins of rock band The Darkness, GP and TV star Dr Hilary Jones, and doctor, broadcaster and comedian Dr P...