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Lucy Pollock: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Lucy Pollock
Leading geriatrician, Somerset
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press citations on 1 topic since 13 Sept 2026 · last quoted 14 Sept 2026
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Lucy Pollock: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Leading geriatrician, Somerset
- Quoted on
- Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 14 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 13 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Lucy Pollock sits on dementia
Ranked 76= of 100 voices quoted in the press on dementia, level with 24 others on 4 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 - 76=
Dr Ashvini KeshavanAcademicSenior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London4 - 76=Honor ElliottSector leaderClinical manager, Helping Hands Home Care4
- 76=Lucy PollockAcademicLeading geriatrician, Somerset4
- 76=Sephira RymanAcademicNeuropsychologist at the University of New Mexico4
- 76=Hussein Naji YassineAcademicMD, director of the USC Center for Personalised Brain Health4
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 76=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Lucy Pollock has said
By outlet · linked articles
- aol.co.uk1
- express.co.uk1
- lbc.co.uk1
- thesun.co.uk1
Where Lucy Pollock has been quoted
- 01NHS doctors prescribing drugs linked to dementia risk without warning patients - AOLaol.co.uk · 14 Sept 2026
- 02The 7 NHS drugs that raise dementia risk as docs 'prescribing meds to millions'thesun.co.uk · 14 Sept 2026
- 03NHS doctors prescribing drugs linked to dementia risk without warning patientsexpress.co.uk · 14 Sept 2026
- 04Patients prescribed drugs linked to dementia risk without being warned by doctors | LBClbc.co.uk · 13 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“I feel very strongly about giving patients the right information about this. We don't audit it routinely, and there's often no flag in prescribing systems when an anticholinergic is prescribed.”
“We can't wait for more evidence to build up because millions more people will take these medicines over the next few decades.”
“I feel very strongly about giving patients the right information about this. We don't audit it routinely, and there's often no flag in prescribing systems when an anticholinergic is prescribed.”
“I feel very strongly about giving patients the right information about this. We don't audit it routinely, and there's often no flag in prescribing systems when an anticholinergic is prescribed”
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