Bristol nurse-led dementia management model
Dementia-specialist nurses from the secondary care memory assessment service in Bristol are now based in primary care, supporting GPs as they regain skills in managing dementia. Read more »
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Transforming the delivery of health and social care
This paper, published by The King’s Fund, explores how the current health and social care delivery system has failed to keep pace with the population’s needs and expectations. Read more »
The Right Prescription: resource pack
This resource pack will support pharmacists, who play a crucial role in medicines optimisation, to have critical conversations about the prescription of antipsychotics in dementia and reduce inappropriate prescribing. Read more »
Dementia diagnosis and management: a narrative review of changing practice
Through the EVIDEM project, Professor Steve Iliffe and colleagues, reviewed studies of interventions to improve GPs performance in the early detection and management of dementia. Interventions proved more successful when tailored to the learning needs of the GPs and developed with them. Read more »
Dementia: what care do patients and carers need in the last year of life and time surrounding death?
This study sought to explore needs of people with dementia and their informal carers in the last year of life and surrounding death. Aims: The main aim of this study was to explore experiences of this group identifying their underlying needs at this time. Read more »
National dementia and antipsychotic prescribing audit
The National dementia and antipsychotic prescribing audit aims to gather information from primary care to establish a national picture of prescribing antipsychotic medication in people with dementia. Read more »
Unlocking diagnosis: The key to improving the lives of people with dementia
This report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) explores the barriers to dementia diagnosis in the UK. It makes recommendations to improve diagnosis rates and provide better post diagnosis support for people with dementia. Read more »
Stockport local enhanced scheme 2012-13
This scheme, led by Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, offers examples of partnership working between primary care, secondary care, social care and third sector organisations, to assist people with dementia and their carers/family in living healthily and well in the community. Read more »
Culturally sensitive dementia liaison in Gloucestershire
Engagement with local black and minority ethnic groups in Gloucestershire has led to better understanding of the needs of people with memory problems, and living with dementia. Read more »
Quality outcomes tool for general practice
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 »