Study finds significant increase in deaths from Alzheimer’s diseaseAn analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2013, published in The Lancet (December 17, 2014), has found that Alzheimer’s disease was responsible for 52 per cent more deaths in 2013 compared to 1990. Read more »
Dementia Network South West newsletterThe latest newsletter, Issue 8 December 2014, provides an update on work to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia within the South West of England. Read more »
NHS Outcomes Framework 2015-16This framework published by the Department of Health sets out the outcomes and corresponding indicators that will be used to hold NHS England to account for improvements in health outcomes after April 2015. Read more »
#nhsthinkcarerStories from Commitment to Carers – are we making a difference? event held in London and social commentary from across the web via #nhsthinkcarer. Read more »
Commissioning for Carers PrinciplesThis practical tool is part of a suite of products that will help commissioners to deliver what carers say is important to them in ways that have been shown to work effectively and efficiently in practice. Read more »
Carers Evidence Summits ebookNHS Improving Quality has produced an ebook to share the Commitment to Carers achievements over the last year. It includes the findings from the regional Carers Evidence Summits and links to over 50 case studies. Read more »
Cabinet become Dementia FriendsThe Cabinet took part in a dementia awareness session and committed to becoming Dementia Friends, as part of the Dementia Friends initiative run by the Alzheimer’s Society and Public Health England. Read more »
Best practice in Memory Services: Learning from across EnglandThis report summarises the findings from a series of visits carried out by NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns supported by the team of NHS Improving Quality (Anne Wilkinson, and Susie Peachey) and the Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP). Read more »