Prof Fiona Carragher: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- chief policy and research officer with the charity Alzheimer's Society
- Quoted on
- Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“An early and accurate diagnosis is vital to enable people living with dementia to access the care, support and treatments they so desperately need. Those who have been able to access these treatments experienced benefits, but we simply aren't diagnosing people early or accurately enough to see current and prospective treatments rolled out widely.”
What Prof Fiona Carragher has said
“Every investigation helps us develop better drugs and design better trials in the future.”
chief policy and research officer at Alzheimer's Society · Dementia · 30 Sept 2026 · Obesity drug semaglutide fails to slow Alzheimer's ↗
“'A rare example where the study of just one person could change the thinking of a whole research field'”
chief for policy and research at the U.K.-based Alzheimer's Society · Dementia · 30 Sept 2026 · Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease ↗
“A third of people living with dementia in the UK do not have a diagnosis, leaving them without access to care, support and treatment and putting them at greater risk of crisis”
chief policy and research officer with the charity Alzheimer's Society · Dementia · 30 Sept 2026 · Nurses to diagnose dementia to tackle backlog ↗
Where Prof Fiona Carragher has been quoted
- One in five people affected by dementia get ‘no support’carehomeprofessional.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Obesity drug semaglutide fails to slow Alzheimer'sbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s diseasescience.org · 30 Sept 2026
- Nurses to diagnose dementia to tackle backlogyahoo.com · 30 Sept 2026
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