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Variable Standards of Hospital Dementia Care in England (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society may have found further evidence of poor and variable care in a review of acute hospital care for dementia patients. Their report is based on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, to which not all Trusts were … Continue reading →

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Dementia Today and Tomorrow (Deloitte / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report, from the Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Society, summarises the emerging consensus and outcomes developed from a series of events and initiatives which aimed to collect the views of people interested … Continue reading →

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National Dementia Policy: Formation of Dementia Advisory Group (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health intends to publish a renewed “vision” for strategic direction, with plans up to 2020, on the future of dementia policy in England. It should be ready by early 2015. This will continue and extend existing … Continue reading →

NHS Funding Shortage Forecast: Debate Proposed (BBC News / Times / House of Commons Health Select Committee / Nuffield Trust / Independent)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Nine influential signatories to a letter published in the Times have asked for a national debate on how the NHS in England is funded. The authors of this letter assert that challenges from an ageing and growing population, plus … Continue reading →

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Andy Burnham MP, Rt Hon. Professor the Lord Darzi, Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell MP, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Siobhan Dunn: Chief Executive of Teenage Cancer Trust, Sir John Oldham: Independent Commission on Whole Person Care, Sir Richard Thompson: Royal College of Physicians, Stephen Hawking, Turning Point, Uncontrolled Profligacy in Workforce Planning (RCN Survey), UnitingCare Partnership, University Hospitals Plymouth Trust, Waiting Times Target for All Urgent Diagnostics, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), Year of Care Approach, Year of Care Funding Model, Year of Care Partnerships, Year of Care Tariff | Leave a comment

Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Annual Progress Report (Department of Health)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report gives an account of progress in the first year of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. The achievements against the three main areas of the challenge are described, with progress reports from the three Dementia Challenge Champion … Continue reading →

Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge: Progress Report (Department of Health)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Volume 3 Issue 4, November 2012]. Summary This progress report provides an overview and update on progress to-date covering the first 7 months of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Animal Studies, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged An Innovation Challenge Prize (Dementia), Angela Rippon, Awareness, Awareness Raising, BioBank (National Cohort), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Payment Framework, Dame Sally C. Davies, David Cameron, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Innovation Challenge Prize, Dementia Research Portal, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Health and Care Champion Group, Health and Social Care Integration, Innovation Challenge Prize, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), MAGDR: Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research, Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research (MAGDR), MSNAP Accreditation, MSNAP: Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Payment Framework, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), NHS Health Check Programme, NHS South West, Our Health, Personalised Care Planning, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia Registers, Research Champion Group, Royal College of GPs, Sarah Pickup (ADASS), Sir Ian Carruthers (NHS South West), Sir Mark Walport (Wellcome Trust), Think Local, Think Local Act Personal, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal | Leave a comment

PM Endorses Work of the Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group (Department of Health, Dementia)

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Work is underway at the Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group. The group is one of three champion groups set up as part of the dementia challenge to explore how to create dementia friendly communities, improve dementia research and improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Angela Rippon, David Cameron, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia | Leave a comment

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