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Tag Archives: National Screening Committee
The Pros and Cons of Screening (Sense About Science / BMJ / BMC Geriatrics / BBC News / NHS England)
Summary The brief “Making Sense of Screening” guide attempts to inform public expectations about screening programmes. It offers insights into the limitations of what screening programmes are sometimes able to deliver. Common misconceptions about how screening works are addressed, with … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Two Sides of the Dementia Case-Finding Debate (BMJ)
Summary The UK government is introducing incentives for general practitioners to check for dementia in patients aged 75 and older, with the intention that timely diagnosis facilitates earlier support for patients with dementia. Critics of this policy allege that this … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, General Practice, GPs, Head to Head Debates, Incident Dementia, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, MCI, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mental Health Care, National Dementia CQUIN, National Screening Committee, NHS Mandate, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Timely Diagnosis, UK National Screening Committee
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More Musings on Effective Dementia Research and Screening Proposals
Summary The authors of this challenging article suggest that proposals for a premature programme of screening of the elderly population for dementia cases could end in mistakes comparable to the “great prostate mistake” of recent years (a policy since reversed), … Continue reading
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CLAHRC (CLAHRC CP), Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Dementia Case Finding, Early Screening, Great Prostate Mistake, National Screening Committee, Research Mapping, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Systematic Review of Screening for Dementia in the Older Population, UK National Screening Committee, UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC)
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Dementia Case Finding: The Potential Disadvantages of Screening for Dementia (BMJ Rapid Response)
Summary The authors of this list of timely and well-considered caveats concerning the introduction of the “Dementia Case Finding Scheme” express a variety of concerns about some potential unintended consequences. The proposal for the scheme introduces an intention to screen … Continue reading
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Tagged BMJ, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Early Screening, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, National Screening Committee, NHS Mandate, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Screening, Screening for Dementia, UK National Screening Committee, Unintended Consequences
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UK NSC Policy on Alzheimer’s Disease Screening in Adults (No Change)
Summary This document is unchanged from when it first appeared in 2009. Screening should not be offered. Quote: “This policy was reviewed in June-September 2010 but no significant changes were made. It is due to be considered again in 2013 … Continue reading
