Dr Tom Russ, Dr Lucy Stirland and Dr Catherine Pennington discuss the diagnosis of dementia and the changes to diagnosis during Covid-19 restrictions.

Dr Catherine Pennington is a Consultant Neurologist who works in the memory clinic in Edinburgh and in NHS Forth Valley. Catherine is also Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Lucy Stirland is an old age psychiatrist in training who works in NHS in Lothian but often moves around Health Boards. At the time of the discussion, Lucy worked in NHS Borders. Lucy is also an epidemiological researcher at the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Tom Russ is an old age psychiatrist in Edinburgh and Director of the Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Tom is also the Principal Investigator for the research project: ‘Sharing the diagnosis of dementia in the post-Covid clinic: Patient and Practitioner Perspectives’.

This episode is co-produced with the Better Understanding Dementia Diagnosis (BUDDs) stakeholder advisory group and funded by Economic and Social Research Council as part of the UKRI's Rapid Response to Covid.

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