New SIGOMA chair: ‘We need certainty’ on council funding
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
Urgent call to close dementia training gap
16/04/2026 Over a third of care workers lack basic knowledge of dementia, research has found. |
BREAKING NEWS: Streeting agrees to 'simple asks' from Baroness Casey
05/03/2026 Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has agreed to ‘simple asks’ on dementia, social care and motor neurone disease (MND) from Baroness Louise Casey. |
ICSs enabling progress on dementia diagnosis, says think tank
18/04/2024 Integrated care systems (ICSs) are enabling the improvement of dementia diagnosis but more needs to be done, health experts say. |
Report uncovers ‘alarming’ undiagnosed dementia rates
06/12/2023 A commission has said integrated care systems must drive ‘radical change’ after finding that almost two in five dementia sufferers in England are undiagnosed. |
