The Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) is a team of professionals who are all working together to transform care for dementia patients through comprehensive research, integrating and improving care services, and by creating dementia-friendly communities.

The HIT uses a multi-agency approach with experts drawn from local universities, councils, NHS trusts, volunteer organisations and charities.

The HIT wants to create a climate in which health care staff feel confident about identifying and managing dementia, social care staff and carers feel confident about caring for people with the condition and the general public has a greater understanding of the disease.

The overall aim of the Dementia HIT is to achieve the best quality of life for people and families affected by dementia, by delivering:

• Dementia friendly communities
• Excellent services based on the highest quality evidence
• World-class research to achieve the best quality of life for people and families living with dementia

The HIT aims to do this through five work streams;

• Transforming care for people living with dementia
• Developing world-class dementia research
• Education that delivers
• Dementia friendly communities
• Patient and public involvement

A number of projects are underway under each of these workstreams. We are currently updating the website to list these projects and the people leading them.