STANSTED Airport now boasts 100 trained dementia-friendly staff members following further training sessions which took place today.

Staff at all levels of the airport have been taught about what it's like to live with dementia and how they can help passengers with dementia.

The latest round of training took place today, on World Alzheimer's Day, and saw 50 staff members trained.

Neil Banks, head of passenger services at Stansted, said: "People with dementia continue to travel and fly in ever increasing numbers, either independently or with support from their loved ones or carers.

"Stansted Airport is currently London’s fastest growing airport serving over 27 million passengers a year and we expect to reach 35 million in the early 2020s.

"With someone diagnosed with dementia every three minutes in the UK, many of those passengers may face challenges passing through the airport in the future.

“We will continue to train more staff, across all levels and roles, to work towards London Stansted being a dementia-friendly environment."