The National dementia and antipsychotic prescribing audit aims to gather information from primary care to establish a national picture of prescribing antipsychotic medication in people with dementia. Read more »
£2.4m funding for dementia workforce developmentSkills for Care will make £2.4 million available to employers through the Workforce Development Dementia Fund to support the completion of relevant accredited qualifications by those members of the workforce who support people with dementia. Read more »
The July 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: Memory Aware Mid Devon event; Hogeway Dementia Village; Brain in Hand; New involvement projects and the EVA radioshow. Read more »
Presentations on projects underway to reduce the inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics in care homes. Read more »
The Law Commission recently recommended expanding direct payments to residential care, and the Department of Health has chosen to explore this by supporting the development of ‘test sites’ in partnership with local authorities. Read more »
Mental health implementation frameworkThe government has published the Mental health implementation framework, which sets out what organisations can do to make the 6 high-level objectives of the mental health strategy No Health without Mental Health a reality. Read more »
The percentage of patients in the South West of England being prescribed antipsychotic drugs has fallen sharply in the past six years, with health care leads saying that is a clear indication that standards of care are improving. Read more »
Audit of antipsychotic prescribing for dementiaThe recently published audit of antipsychotic prescribing for dementia shows a 52% decrease in the rate of prescribing between 2008 and 2011. Read more »
The Life Story Network believes that the key to meeting the PM’s Challenge on Dementia is to engage all parts of our communities by focusing on the life experiences we can share rather than on our differences. Read more »
The Department of Health has published the Caring for our future: reforming care and support White Paper, which sets out the vision for a reformed care and support system. Read more »