Improving prescribing for people living with dementia
This project aims to support primary care commissioners and CCGs to improve prescribing for people living with dementia across the South West. Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Improving leadership for dementia care in hospitals
This project aims to improve leadership for dementia care in hospitals across the South West through the development of a leadership programme in general hospitals, the facilitation of the Community Hospitals Network and a peer review of community hospitals. Read more »
Improving the involvement of people living with dementia
This project led by the Alzheimer’s Society aims to deliver and evaluate dementia leadership programmes in CCG areas across the South West. Read more »
Reducing emergency admissions to hospital
This project aims to support CCGs in the South West to reduce emergency admissions to hospital for people with dementia by reviewing and redesigning care pathways. Read more »
Improving end of life care for people with dementia
This project led by the Alzheimer’s Society and National Council for Palliative Care aims to facilitate a regional network, deliver a train-the-trainer programme and to evaluate the outcomes. Read more »
Improving diagnosis and diagnosis pathways
This project aims to suport CCGs in the South West to deliver 2013-14 and 2014-15 ambitions for diagnosis rates by improving diagnosis in primary care and diagnosis pathways. Read more »
South West Clinical Networks
The Dementia Network South West is one of three networks within the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions South West. Read more »
Dying well at home: the case for integrated working
This guide published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is about enabling people who want to die at home to do so and improving the quality of care they receive. Read more »
NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia
The NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia is now open for entries. Awards will be made for innovations that redesign services around the needs of patients, improve diagnosis and reduce both the number of hospital attendances and the amount of time patients spend in hospital. Read more »
Award for Advanced Care Planning work in Cornwall
Peninsula Deanery recently picked up the National Patient Safety Congress award for its work in Cornwall around Advanced Care Planning. This adds to the HSJ award that has previously been given to this work. Read more »