Rachel Thompson

Professional & Practice Development Lead for Admiral Nursing
@ Dementia UK

Rachel Thompson
  • Bio

Rachel is currently working as the Professional & Practice Development Lead for Admiral Nursing with Dementia UK. She was the Dementia Project Lead with the Royal College of Nursing, from 2010- 2014 and facilitated a UK wide project on improving dementia care in hospital settings.

Rachel has worked as nurse for over 25 years across a range of settings. She specialised in dementia care as an Admiral Nurse from 1999 – 2006. She has also been the chair of the Higher Education for Dementia Network (HEDN) since 2003.

Rachel has been involved in delivering education & training, supporting practice development projects and has published a number of articles on education and best practice in dementia. She also co-authored a book; Pulsford & Thompson (2013) Dementia; Support for Family & Friends.

  • My Previous Events

  • Dementia: Quality of Care 2015

    • 21-04-2015
    • 08:30 - 16:30
    • Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre