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Tag Archives: First G8 Dementia Summit
Department of Health Met US Congressional Delegation About Dementia Challenge (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary A Congressional Delegation from the United States visited the Department of Health on March 17th 2014, focusing on dementia. The aim was to develop further ways in which US and UK policymakers and healthcare leaders might work together on meeting the challenges of dementia and … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, In the News, International, Models of Dementia Care, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Congressional Delegation (US), Congressmen, Congresswomen, Data Sharing, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Research, Diagnosis Rates, First G8 Dementia Summit, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Context, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, Information Sharing, International Action Plan for Research, International Collaborations, International Programmes, International Research, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Living Well with Dementia, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Science and Innovation, UCLA: Center for Health Sciences, United States, University of California, USA, USAgainst Alzheimer’s African American Network Against Alzheimer’s
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Jeremy Hunt: New Year Message to NHS on Holistic Care (Department of Health)
Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written a brief New Year message to NHS staff highlighting some fresh directions for 2014, including named GPs for older people and named consultants in hospitals. A key theme for the year ahead “is to find … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Care in the Community, Community Care, Community Support Services, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, First G8 Dementia Summit, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Hospital Discharge, Integrated Discharge Process, Named Clinician, Named Consultants, Named GPs, Named Nurses, NHS Winter Friends Campaign, Patient Experience, Proactive Care, Responsible Consultants, Responsible GPs, Responsible Nurses, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Winter Friends
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G8 Dementia Summit: Agreement Documents (Department of Health / Prime Minister’s Office)
Summary A declaration and a communique present the agreements consolidated at the G8 Dementia Summit. G8 countries have agreed: The ambition to identify a cure or therapy for dementia by 2025, with a commitment to significantly increase spending on dementia research … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Academia-Industry Partnerships (Canada and France Co-Led), Carer Support, Carers, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Daniel Bahr: MDB (FDP) Federal Minster for Health (Germany), Dementia Research, Don Moulds: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (USA), Dr Margaret Chan: WHO Director-General, Dr. Giuseppe Ruocco: Director General for Prevention - Ministry of Health (Italy: on behalf of Minister Beatrice Lorenzin), EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease (JPND), European Commission, First G8 Dementia Summit, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, G8 Dementia Summit Communique, G8 Dementia Summit Declaration, G8 Health and Science Ministers, G8 Nations, Global Context, Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, International Programmes, Knowledge Translation, Leadership, Madame Marisol Touraine: Minister of Health and Social Affairs (France), Ms Shinako Tsuchiya: Senior Vice Minister of Health Labour and Welfare (Japan), New Care and Prevention Models (Japan-Led), Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), OECD, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Veronika I. Skvortsova: Minister of Health (Russia), Reducing Stigma, Research and Innovation, Robert Greenhill: World Economic Forum, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Impact Investment (UK-Led), Stigma, The Honourable Rona Ambrose: Minister of Health (Canada), UK Presidency of G8 2013, WHO, Yves Leterme: Former Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD
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Alzheimer’s Research UK Slideshows (Alzheimer’s Research UK / Dementia Challenge / Department of Health)
Summary Alzheimer’s Research UK produced three narrated presentations to provide background orientation for the G8 Dementia Summit, on the following subjects: A brief history of dementia and research. The latest thinking from research experts on how to develop new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. The importance … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, In the News, International, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Collaborative Projects, Dementia Research, First G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, Global Context, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, International Programmes, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia
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