Dementia Partnerships
Government launches white paper ‘Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS’
Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley yesterday set out the Government’s ambitious plans to reform the NHS during this Parliament and for the long-term. Read more »
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Working Together To Improve Dementia Care – South West Leads The Way
NHS organisations throughout the South West are supporting Dementia Awareness Week (4 to 11 July 2010) as part of an ongoing drive to improve diagnosis and care for the growing numbers of people living with dementia. Read more »
Singing for the brain: Dementia Summit looks to the future
Launching a major event by getting everyone on their feet for a rousing song or two may sound more football than NHS, but that was precisely how the highly-successful South West Dementia Partnership Summit 2010 began at Taunton Racecourse in April. Read more »
Bournemouth and Poole provides integrated care to people with dementia
Kate Jones has recently authored an article in Nursing Times outlining how a nurse led project in Bournemouth and Poole is ensuring people with dementia receive joined up care. Read more »
A misspent opportunity? Inquiry into the funding of the
National Dementia Strategy
This report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) examines initial progress made by Primary Care Trusts in England towards implementing the National Dementia Strategy for England (NDSE). Read more »
South West integrated care pilots to focus on dementia
Two of the integrated care pilots are from the South West region and will focus on dementia. Read more »
Teams without walls: the value of medical innovation and leadership
Teams without walls bring together healthcare professionals from primary and secondary care to work across traditional health boundaries to deliver care that puts the patient first. The working party, made up of representatives from the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, suggest… Read more »