Dementia Partnerships
Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England: Learning from
Clinical Commissioning Groups
This report captures the learning from visits to Clinical Commissioning Groups across the country, undertaken by Alistair Burns, the National Clinical Director for Dementia, in order to gather best practice in dementia diagnosis and care. Read more »
Memory services for an ethnically diverse population in
Tower Hamlets
The introduction of an integrated, patient centred dementia service has had a positive effect on diagnosis rates and cost effectiveness in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 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 »
Memory First
Memory First is an integrated dementia service run by a consortium of 162 GPs across 41 practices in Staffordshire. Its pioneering joined-up approach to care has cut diagnosis times from 3 years to 4 weeks and led to major improvements in patient experience. Read more »
Wirral Local Enhanced Service for Dementia
This sets out Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group’s shared care arrangements for people diagnosed with dementia through a GP Local Enhanced Service for Dementia Care. Read more »
CANTABMobile
CANTABMobile is a commercial diagnostic tool available on the iPad for testing memory to help doctors decide if someone’s memory is normal for their age, or if there are real concerns. Read more »
Helping you to assess cognition: A practical toolkit for
clinicians
This toolkit published by the Alzheimer’s Society provides guidance to clinicians about what cognitive function tests are available and how they may be used in clinical practice. Read more »
This project aims to adopt the Gnosall primary care based memory assessment approach to improve dementia diagnosis in harder to reach communities in Buckinghamshire. Read more »
This project aims to develop a more user-friendly care pathway for people living with dementia in Oxfordshire by providing easier access to assessment for early diagnosis and support within primary care settings. Read more »
Dementia READ codes
This knowledge summary defines a standard set of READ codes for the diagnosis of dementia to be used by general practices and memory assessment services. Read more »