Dementia Partnerships
The Right Prescription: resource pack
This resource pack will support pharmacists, who play a crucial role in medicines optimisation, to have critical conversations about the prescription of antipsychotics in dementia and reduce inappropriate prescribing. Read more »
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 »
The Gloucestershire dementia strategy recognises the pivotal role of primary care staff, and GPs in particular, in diagnosing dementia and in subsequently co-ordinating care across a range of services. Read more »
This is a call to work together in a way that that will unite us in our common cause to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers by reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics for these people. Read more »
The Dementia Commissioning Pack (Department of Health, 2011) included a set of accompanying resources to support the reduction of inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics. Read more »
This document outlines how health and local authority commissioners can help to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia and provide therapeutic alternatives. Read more »
This guidance replaces NICE technology appraisal guidance 111 issued in November 2006 (amended September 2007, August 2009). Read more »
Somerset dementia strategy provides a framework to implement improved, responsive and quality services for people with dementia and their carers across Somerset. The accompanying action plan outlines work underway to achieve the strategy objectives. Read more »
The report explores the current evidence base, the law, and practice relating to prescription of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia. Read more »