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Sector leader

Shirley Hall

Director of Care & Wellbeing, Royal Star & Garter

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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 16 Sept 2026

TWICKENHAM
OfficeRoyal Star & Garter, Twickenham, TW1 3LJRoyal Star & Garter is based in Twickenham: the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

02  Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics

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Shirley Hall: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Director of Care & Wellbeing
Organisation based in
Twickenham
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
24 Sept 2026
First quoted
16 Sept 2026

03  Profile

Who Shirley Hall is

Shirley Hall is Director of Care & Wellbeing at Royal Star & Garter, a charity that provides care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia. She is a registered nurse who qualified in 1987 and spent 10 years in the NHS, specialising in cardiology care and setting up rehabilitation services.

She later worked for over 10 years at The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Retirement Villages Group, leading community and wellbeing programmes, and developed a resilience tool with Aston University. She joined Royal Star & Garter in late 2023, succeeding Pauline Shaw. In press releases and trade media she has spoken about dementia care, early dementia diagnosis, falls prevention for older people living at home, and how to choose a care home.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Appointed Director of Care & Wellbeing at Royal Star & Garter, succeeding Director of Care Pauline Shaw, who left after 22 years with the charity. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Previously worked for over 10 years at The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Retirement Villages Group leading their community and wellbeing programmes. She developed a resilience tool with Aston University and helped digitise the wellbeing programmes. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Listed as a speaker at the LaingBuisson Innovation in Care Conference 2024. Source ↗

04  On the record · press

What Shirley Hall has said

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  • theargus.co.uk

Where Shirley Hall has been quoted

  1. Veterans’ charity shares simple ways to help older people prevent fallstheargus.co.uk · 24 Sept 2026

How we found the articles that name Shirley Hall: we searched news for these terms.

  • elderly care
  • frailty
  • frail older
  • falls prevention
  • geriatric
  • older people's health
  • ageing population
  • age-friendly

Also searched with “elderly care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Elderly care & frailty

Verbatim

“A fall can have a lasting impact on an older person's confidence, often leading them to become less active and more isolated.”
Director of Care & Wellbeing at Royal Star & Garter · Elderly care & frailty · theargus.co.uk · 24 Sept 2026 · Read the article

05  Sources

References for this biography

  1. Royal Star & Garter welcomes new Director of Care & Wellbeing - Care Talk Business. Her appointment, her predecessor, her 1987 nursing qualification and her 10 years in the NHS (cardiology and rehabilitation services).
  2. Nurse joins Royal Star and Garter as director of care and wellbeing. She is a nurse by background and joined as director of care and wellbeing. The charity cares for veterans and partners living with disability or dementia.
  3. Shirley Hall, Director of Care and Wellbeing, Royal Star & Garter (LaingBuisson). Her earlier career at ExtraCare and Retirement Villages Group, the Aston University resilience tool, and her speaker slot at the Innovation in Care Conference 2024.
  4. Dementia Action Week: Innovative dementia care at Royal Star & Garter. She is quoted on dementia care and on early diagnosis. The release says staff are trained to use a diagnostic tool to spot early signs of dementia.
  5. Falls prevention resources shared by Royal Star & Garter. She is quoted as Director of Care & Wellbeing on falls prevention resources for older people at home.
  6. Veterans' care home charity wins top award thanks to relatives' five-star reviews. She is quoted as Director of Care & Wellbeing on the charity's Top 20 Award from carehome.co.uk.
  7. Veterans invited to open days at 'Outstanding' Solihull care home. She is quoted as Director of Care & Wellbeing on choosing a care home.
  8. Contact us - Royal Star & Garter. The administration office is at 42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3LJ, with a general enquiries email and phone number. The registered office is separately listed in High Wycombe (HP13 5GG).

06  Contact & links

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Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. 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 10 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.