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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Dementia
Laura Rooney: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Laura Rooney
Lead Research Nurse at Alzheimer's Society
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press citations on 1 topic since 4 Mar 2026 · last quoted 19 Jun 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Laura Rooney: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Lead Research Nurse at Alzheimer's Society
- Quoted on
- Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 19 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 4 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Laura Rooney sits on dementia
Ranked 40= of 100 voices quoted in the press on dementia, level with 5 others on 7 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Lesley PotterClinicianAdmiral Nurse, Dementia UK52
- 2
Dr Sheona ScalesSector leaderDirector of Research, Alzheimer's Research UK46 - 3
Dr Richard OakleySector leaderAssociate Director of Research and Innovation, Alzheimer's Society30 - 40=Dr. Robert SataloffAcademicprofessor and chair in Drexel's College of Medicine7
- 40=Eef HogervorstAcademicProfessor of Psychology (previously styled Professor of Biological Psychology); Director of Dementia Research, Loughborough University (School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences)7
- 40=Laura RooneyClinicianLead Research Nurse at Alzheimer's Society7
- 40=Daniel WangAcademicAssistant professor at Harvard Medical School; study co-author7
- 40=Dr Isolde RadfordSector leaderSenior policy manager at Alzheimer's Research UK7
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 40=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Laura Rooney has said
By outlet · linked articles
- nursinginpractice.com1
- nursingtimes.net1
- uhs.nhs.uk1
Where Laura Rooney has been quoted
- 01Meet the nurses working to find a cure for the causes of dementia | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net · 19 Jun 2026
- 02New dementia nurse role to help expand access to research | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 4 Mar 2026
- 03Hampshire to expand research through new dementia research nurseuhs.nhs.uk
Verbatim
“Dementia is the largest challenge facing health and social care today”
“We urgently need to expand the number of clinical trials available, with our research nurses increasing visibility and access to opportunities so that more people living with dementia from all backgrounds can take part.”
“New ways to diagnose and treat dementia – the UK's biggest killer – are urgently needed. Expanding capacity and capability to deliver potentially life-changing clinical trials is vital.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 11 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.