In this session, Jeremy will cover:
- Functional cognitive disorder; what is it, and how to distinguish it from dementia
- Clinical differences between young-onset and late-onset dementia
- What the 2019 national memory service audit tells us about pre-pandemic practice in young-onset dementia

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    Dr Jeremy Isaacs
    Consultant Neurologist, St George's Hospital, London
    Dr Jeremy Isaacs is a consultant neurologist in the multi-disciplinary cognitive neurology service at St George’s Hospital which has a particular focus on supporting people living with young onset dementia (www.youngdementiasupport.london).

    He was a member of the 2018 NICE dementia guideline committee. He is clinical director of the NHS London Dementia Clinical Network which oversees quality improvement in dementia care across the capital. He is the Neurosciences Clinical Academic Group director and an honorary senior lecturer at St George’s University of London and has research interests in Alzheimer’s and vascular dementias, delirium and functional cognitive disorder.