Dementia Partnerships
This project aims to support CCGs in the South West to develop and use agreed service specifications, contracts and guidance for standards of care to improve the quality of life for people with dementia living in care homes. Read more »
Low expectations
This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society stresses the need to lift expectations and to strengthen existing minimum standards to boost quality of life for people with dementia in care homes. Read more »
Patient-led assessments of the care environment
This letter published by the NHS England introduces Patient-led assessments of the care environment (PLACE), the new system for assessing the quality of the hospital environment from April 2013. Read more »
Not just a number: Review of home care services
This report published by the Care Quality Commission
highlights the findings of inspections of 250 domiciliary care
agencies providing at-home support and care.
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The Department of Health has launched a 12 week consultation to establish a full set of NICE quality standards and guidance for social care. Read more »
NICE has launched a consultation on 14 proposed new indicators for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) 2014/15 including four in the dementia clinical domain. Read more »
Our Health website launched across the South of England
In line with the commitments set out in the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, the Our Health website has been rolled out across the South of England. Read more »
Wide variations in the quality of end of life care across the country were revealed in findings of the VOICES survey recently published by the Office of National Statistics. Read more »
The Department of Health is seeking information on how services can deliver the right model of care and deliver better outcomes for people with learning disabilities and/or autism, and behaviour which challenges. Read more »
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly uses the STAR tool to support medications review and ensure appropriate prescribing of antipsychotic medications. Read more »