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On the Influence of Primary Care Incentive Schemes Upon Care Home Admissions For People with Dementia: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / BJGP)

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) investigated whether incentives offered to GPs to provide annual reviews for patients with dementia, under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), actually reduce the risk of admissions to care homes. … Continue reading →

Support Workers for General Practice: Part of the NHS Comprehensive Personalised Care Model (BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Over 20,000 physiotherapists, pharmacists, paramedics, physician associates, and social prescribing support workers will be recruited by NHS England to work with general practices. The aim is to help relieve workload pressures on GPs. Full Text Link Reference GPs create … Continue reading →

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On the Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / PloS One / BMJ / JGCR / BMJ Open)

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) found that GP practices which review their dementia patients as part of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) tend to have relatively fewer emergency hospital admissions by persons with dementia. … Continue reading →

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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England: March 2015 Target Date Approaches (BBC News / HSCIC)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Data on dementia diagnosis rates from April 2014 to January 2015 have been published, in support of the Dementia Strategy (2009) and David Cameron’s Dementia Challenge. NHS England is committed to increasing dementia diagnosis rates in England by March … Continue reading →

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Incentivised GP Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual Disability (BBC News / Lancet Psychiatry)

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The scheme encouraging GPs to offer annual health checks to patients with learning disabilities has been found to improve the early detection of problems and unmet needs. Full Text Link Reference Learning disability GP health checks ‘show results’. London: … Continue reading →

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Best Practice in Memory Services (NHS England / NHS Improving Quality)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Best Practice in Memory Services: Learning from across England” report presents the findings from visits to memory services led by Alistair Burns (National Clinical Director for Dementia at NHS England) with help from NHS Improving Quality. The memory … Continue reading →

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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England: QOF Recorded Dementia Diagnoses for April to August 2014 (HSCIC).

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has a commitment to increase the dementia diagnosis rates in England by March 2015, so that two-thirds of people with dementia receive a formal diagnosis. The Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) subset 2014/15 dementia data extraction supports this … Continue reading →

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Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions for Dementia in Primary Care (HSJ / NHS London)

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Dementia and Prescribing Antipsychotic Project, run by London-based CCGs, helped to reduce prescribing levels by between 48% and 77%. The project aimed to raise awareness of the risks of antipsychotic prescribing for behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia. … Continue reading →

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Dementia Data Extraction Process Revised (HSCIC)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has introduced a different sign-up process concerning automated data extraction for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and enhanced services. The QOF subset 2014-15 dementia extraction supports the Prime Ministerial challenge … Continue reading →

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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England Increase (BBC News / HSCIC)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has a commitment to increase the dementia diagnosis rates in England to 67% by March 2015; one of the targets from the “Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia” (March 2012) was that two-thirds of people with dementia should … Continue reading →

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