Claire Goodchild

Claire Goodchild is the Chief Executive of Dementia Carers Count, a charity for family carers of people with dementia. She joined Dementia Carers Count in 2015 and has a background in social work, specialising in working with people living with dementia.

Claire has led national and regional programmes relating to health and care services for the elderly. She was a member of the Department of Health team that led the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy and was the catalyst to numerous innovations in dementia including creating a social movement of people with dementia that led to the creation of DEEP and pioneered Dementia Friendly Communities.