Dementia Partnerships
This project will support dementia Link nurses in West Kent to work in primary care and proactively identify, diagnose, triage and assess people with dementia and provide appropriate prescribing and post diagnostic support. 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 »
This project will provide support to carers of people with dementia in 21 General Practices across North Hampshire. Read more »
Dementia diagnosis resource pack
This resource pack sets out key steps for Commissioners, and key steps for General Practices to improving diagnosis, and diagnosis pathways. Read more »
NICE has launched a consultation on 14 proposed new indicators for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) 2014/15 including four in the dementia clinical domain. Read more »
The recently published 2012 Commonwealth International Health Policy survey shows that primary care doctors in the UK lead the way when it comes to using health information technology. Read more »
Two local GP dementia leads, Dr Nick Cartmell and Dr Martin Freeman, spoke at the UK Dementia Congress today to champion the valuable contribution of primary care in diagnosis and early support to people living with dementia. Read more »
In this presentation, given at the UK Dementia Congress, Kate Mitchell, Joint Dementia Programme Manager NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, discusses the forthcoming Dementia Prevalence Calculator and how it can support GPs and primary care teams to improve the screening, diagnosis and effective management of dementia. Read more »
In a recent article, published by Guardian Professional, Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia asserts that Primary care holds the key to raising quality of dementia patients’ lives. Read more »