Jeremy Hughes became chief executive of Alzheimer’s Society in November 2010. He has led the charity in producing a five year strategy ‘Delivering on Dementia 2012-17’ and in 2011-12 the Society’s income exceeded £70m for the first time. Jeremy co-chairs the Dementia Friendly Communities Champions Group with Angela Rippon as part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia.
Dementia is the biggest challenge the health and social care system faces today with 800,000 people with dementia in the UK, and that figure is set to rise to one million by 2021. Over the last few years, there has …