Dementia Partnerships
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 »
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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 »
Working with local government: a guide for GP commissioners
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 »
Strategic clinical networks
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 »
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 »
GP dementia fellowship posts
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 »
Smart guides to engagement
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 »
Download and view resources from the final day of the leadership programme, Leading for improvement in dementia care
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 »
Innovation Health and Wealth: accelerating adoption and diffusion in the NHS
This report sets out a delivery agenda for spreading innovation at pace and scale throughout the NHS to improve outcomes for patients and deliver value for money. Read more »