Dementia Partnerships
Compassion in Practice
Compassion in Practice sets out a vision to embed six values: care, compassion, courage, communication, competence and commitment, known as the Six C’s, throughout the NHS to improve care for patients. Read more »
NHS Mandate
The NHS mandate between the Government and the NHS Commissioning Board sets out the ambitions for the health service for the next two years. Read more »
Practical guides for health and wellbeing boards
A series of learning resources have been launched to support the establishment of well-functioning health and wellbeing boards. Read more »
This short guide summarises some of the need-to-know structural and operational features of local government and presents advice from GPs, NHS managers and local councillors on the important cultural stumbling blocks that often occur when working across the NHS-local government divide. Read more »
Lessons for commissioning dementia services in the South
West
This report shares findings from a South West study into the factors that achieved real change and improvement for people living with dementia, their carers and families. Read more »
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has set out its plan for a small number of strategic clinical networks to improve health services for specific patient groups or conditions, including people with dementia. Read more »
The NHS London quality outcomes tool for general practice provides bundles of outcome indicators for general practices to promote transparency, manage performance, and identify opportunities for improvement. Read more »
Severn Deanery has recruited five GP Dementia Fellows to work with local practices to develop understanding about, treatment and care for people living with dementia. Read more »
A new series of guides giving practical advice to Clinical Commissioning Groups about the value of patient and public engagement has been published by NHS Networks. Read more »
This interactive day enabled participants to explore how to build resilience by learning from when times are hard, and how to build sustainability by building from the best of what we have. Read more »