Dementia Partnerships
Dementia Commissioning know how guide
This resource aims to enable Clinical Commissioning Groups to achieve and maintain dementia diagnosis rate of at least two-thirds of the estimated number of people with dementia, and improve the quality of and access to post diagnostic care for people living with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Race Against Dementia
Race Against Dementia is an alliance of groups currently providing information and support to people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the UK. Read more »
Prevalence of dementia in population groups by protected
characteristics: a systematic review of the literature
This literature review published by Public Health England examines evidence on how the prevalence of dementia varies with different characteristics, such as ethnicity, gender and religion. Read more »
Pathways 4 Life, Walsall
Pathways 4 Life dementia support worker service for hard to reach groups is a partnership initiative between the Accord Group and Age UK Walsall offering dementia support and advice to Black and Minority Ethnic groups (BME) in Walsall. Read more »
Women and Dementia: A global research overview
This report published by Alzheimer’s Disease International explores the main issues affecting women in relation to dementia from an international perspective. Read more »
Women and dementia: A marginalised majority
This report published by Alzheimer’s Research UK reveals that dementia has become the leading cause of death among British women and that women are far more likely to end up as carers of those with dementia than men, suffering physical and emotional stress and job losses in the process. Read more »
Equality and health inequality issues in dementia
This document, published by Public Health England, summarises some of the main themes emerging from discussions at a workshop to consider equality and health inequality issues in dementia. Read more »
Improving dementia care: harmonisation of practice between
primary care and memory services
This blog post describes an innovative initiative to create improved links links between memory services with primary care in South Manchester, inspired by the Gnosall model, now known as ‘Memory First’. Read more »
Planning and delivering service changes for patients
This guidance provides a high-level framework through which commissioners can plan, develop and implement major service changes. Read more »
NHS Outcomes Framework 2014-15
The NHS Outcomes Framework 2014 to 2015 sets out the outcomes and corresponding indicators that will be used to hold NHS England to account for improvements in health outcomes, as part of the government’s Mandate to NHS England. Read more »