title: Drive to recruit 3,000 volunteers to ensure respect for older people.
abstract: Far from retiring, 73-yearold former chat show host Michael Parkinson has been as busy as ever: in recent weeks he has been knighted by the Queen, named as the first ever chancellor of Nottingham Trent University and appointed as the UK's dignity ambassador in a government-led drive to ensure respect for older people in care. As dignity ambassador he will lead a campaign to recruit 3,000 volunteers across the country to act as champions to help drive up standards in health and social care.