Howard recommends joining your local DEEP group

Hi from a wet thundery Sheffield.

Last Thursday I went to my first DEEP UK meeting at the SHINDIG Group in Sheffield.

I was made very welcome and met lots of people, some I already knew.

We all sat chatting, enjoying tea, coffee, sandwiches and buns before the main part of the afternoon which was a presentation from South Yorkshire Ambulance.

After that, we split into four groups and we discussed some scenarios that South Yorkshire Ambulance wanted to discuss with us and we made a few suggestions.

One suggestion was that they put their Dementia training online and had a person with Dementia talk to staff about their experiences instead, which went down well with all, so hopefully the service will embrace such a change.

I enjoyed my afternoon and would recommend anyone joining their local DEEP Group.

All for now, bye.