• Ensure that improving diagnosis and interventions for people with dementia, and their carers/families, are integral to local plans to deliver the NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13 (Department of Health, 2011).
• Seek, and listen to the experience of people using services, to inform commissioning and service improvement.

Incentives and levers

• Local authorities receive £10m non-recurring funding to improve early diagnosis and interventions.
• NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13 (Department of Health, 2011)
• compliance with NICE Quality Standards for Dementia
• improvements in the quality of general practice and community services
• improved diagnosis rates
• local dementia plans published
• support for carers.