This commissioning guide provides support for the local implementation of NICE clinical guidelines through commissioning, and is a resource to help statutory and voluntary health and social care professionals in England to commission integrated end of life care (EOLC) services for people with dementia. Read more »
Details on the May issue of the care homes newsletter from the National Dementia Strategy Implementation Team. This issue focuses on quality of care; what quality of care looks like and how we can achieve it. Read more »
South West standards for dementia care in hospitalThese standards have been developed in response to the many concerns expressed about poor quality care experienced by people with a dementia when they are in hospital. Read more »
Details on the April issue of the care homes newsletter from the National Dementia Strategy Implementation Team. This issue focuses on quality of life for people with dementia living in a care home. Read more »
The strategy sets out what the Care Quality Commission aims to achieve for people who use health care and social care over the next five years. Read more »
Details on the March issue of the care homes newsletter from the National Dementia Strategy Implementation Team. This issue focuses on progress in implementing the National Dementia Strategy in care homes. Read more »
Devon’s strategic objective in relation to dementia is to narrow the gap between the recorded and the currently estimated prevalence of dementia by at least 25% in the next 5 years. Read more »
This report enables leaders and managers to recognise the factors that are fundamental to trust, and provides them with the tools to shape their behaviour to improve trust in themselves and their organisations as a whole. Read more »
This project aimed to identify the major barriers for dementia patients and their carers in accessing good quality end of life care. The research findings suggest cost effective ways of enabling improvements. Read more »
This Health Foundation report reveals the interventions that work in creating leadership knowledge, behaviours, skills, competences, or ‘habits of mind’, relating to quality improvement. Read more »