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Dame Barbara Windsor calls on Boris Johnson to take action and ‘sort out’ dementia care


EASTENDERS legend Dame Barbara Windsor has called on Boris Johnson to “sort out” dementia care as she prepares to deliver an open letter to No10.

The actress, 82, and husband Scott Mitchell are among 50,000 people to have signed the call for the Prime Minister to take action.

 Dame Barbara Windsor has been battling dementia since 2014

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Dame Barbara Windsor has been battling dementia since 2014Credit: PA:Press Association

Babs, best known for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap, has been battling dementia since 2014.

She said: “My heart goes out to the many people who are really struggling to get the care they so desperately need.

“Please join us, and sign our letter — let’s do everything we can to sort this out.”

She will hand in the Alzheimer’s Society letter next week.

Scott, 56, who has been meeting dementia sufferers, called the social care crisis a “disgrace”.

He said: “It really seems this is the disease of punishment.”

In a new video he adds: “Not only do people have to live with it and go through the terror and horror — and their loved ones caring for them do too, but on top of that they’ll say ‘Let’s make it a bit more difficult’.

“I genuinely feel for the people that have to give up their jobs and sell their homes, selling their parents’ homes that they have worked all their lives for. And you do wonder, how did we get here? How did we get to a situation where there is so much disregard for people?

“The conversation is getting much louder, and much broader, and they can’t ignore it. They can’t ignore what’s going on. It’s a disgrace.”

Alzheimer’s Society chief executive Jeremy Hughes said: “Barbara and Scott’s commitment to helping us achieve our goals is so inspiring. Not only are they going through their own deeply personal experience of dementia, they are leading our campaign.”

 The former Eastenders actress is preparing to deliver an open letter to PM Boris Johnson

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The former Eastenders actress is preparing to deliver an open letter to PM Boris JohnsonCredit: Getty – Contributor
 Barbara and husband Scott Mitchell have been praised for their campaign work

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Barbara and husband Scott Mitchell have been praised for their campaign workCredit: Getty – Contributor
Alzheimer’s Society appoints Dame Barbara Windsor and husband Scott Mitchell as ambassadors



 





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