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 »
The Dementia care in primary care toolkit is designed to support GPs and primary care teams to improve the screening, diagnosis and effective management of dementia. Read more »
In this short audio clip, Dr Martin Freeman, regional lead on dementia in the South West of England, talks to Professor Alistair Burns about the importance of early diagnosis. Read more »
Sir Ian Carruthers, OBE, Chief Executive of NHS South of England, recently wrote to Clinical Commissioning Group Chairs, Directors of Social Services and Primary Care Trust Cluster Chief Execeutives, outlining an ambitious programme of work for the South of England in response to the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge. Read more »
Two thirds of GPs say many people with dementia are not being diagnosed because they are not making an appointment to see their doctor, an Alzheimer’s Society survey has revealed. Read more »
By providing information on the services available and how these services are performing in the South West, the Ourhealth website helps patients and carers work with health and care professionals to improve their experiences and the experiences of others. Ourhealth will roll-out across the South of England by the end of December 2012, building on the pilot project in the South West. Read more »
Two hundred GPs, health and social care staff, and volunteers working in the primary care community attended an engaging conference in Exeter to explore how primary care can make a difference to the lives of people living with dementia. Read more »
New figures have revealed an increase in the number of people being diagnosed with dementia in the South West. The number diagnosed rose by 2,200 in the last year from 28,000 to 30,200. Read more »
This complimentary conference for GPs, health and social care staff, and volunteers working in the primary care community is sponsored by NHS South of England (West) and the South West Dementia Partnership. Join us on 8 March 2012 at the Rougemont Hotel in central Exeter to find out more. Read more »
This Briefing is designed to support GPs and primary health care teams to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia. Read more »
This Briefing has been prepared as a resource for Commissioners, Clinical Commissioning Groups and local partners to develop and deliver comprehensive action plans to improve the rate of diagnosis of dementia, the diagnosis pathway. Read more »
This Guidance sets out the process and associated standards for making a diagnosis of dementia in primary health care services, and by specialist memory assessment services. Read more »
This paper published by the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York, investigates the relationship between patients’ primary care costs (consultations, tests and drugs) and their age, gender, deprivation and alternative measures of their morbidity and multimorbidity. Read more »
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia has launched its next inquiry which will focus on improving dementia diagnosis rates across the UK. Read more »