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National Dementia Strategy
The first ever National Dementia Strategy is a landmark document that will transform the quality of dementia care. It sets out initiatives designed to make the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families better and more fulfilled.
Published on 3 February 2009 the National Dementia Strategy is backed by £150 million over the first two years. It will increase awareness of dementia, ensure early diagnosis and intervention and radically improve the quality of care that people with the condition receive. Proposals include the introduction of a dementia specialist into every general hospital and care home and for mental health teams to assess people with dementia.
Report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia
In recognition of widespread concern about the over-prescription of anti-psychotic drugs, and as part of the priority being given to improving care for people with dementia, Professor Sube Banerjee was asked to undertake an independent clinical review of the use of anti-psychotic drugs. Professor Banerjee has completed his review and the Government has issued its response to his findings
Report from the Ministerial Summit on Dementia Research
Published: 5 November 2009
One of the commitments made in the National Dementia Strategy was to hold a Ministerial Summit on Dementia Research. This took place on 21 July 2009. The independent report of the event is now available.
Dementia Strategy Implementation Stakeholders' Group
The group comprises stakeholders/delivery partners who are key to delivering the objectives laid out in Living Well With Dementia - a National Dementia Strategy. Membership includes representatives from national and local government, the private sector and the third sector working in the field of dementia. The group's goals are to provide a pool of talent and information and to explore how the strategy's implementation can be supported. Members communication is via six-monthly meetings and the Dementia Information Portal.
If you are a member of the group, or if you are interested in progress on implementation of the strategy, please visit the Dementia Information Portal. To enter the portal simply register an email address, create a password and use these on each subsequent visit.
If you have any questions relating to the Dementia Strategy, please email the Dementia Strategy team using the link below.
Implementation plan
Published: 22 July 2009
The National Dementia Strategy Implementation Plan describes the implementation task, arrangements for national and regional support, and the programmes that have been put in place to support delivery of Living Well With Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy. This refreshed plan replaces the one that was issued alongside the Strategy on 3 February 2009
Announcement of winning bids to run National Dementia Strategy demonstrator sites
Published: 09 July 2009
Phil Hope, Minister of State for Care Services announced the winning bids to run demonstrator sites for dementia advisors and support networks during a visit to the Croydon Memory Service on Wednesday 8 July 2009. The announcement, during Dementia Awareness Week, also highlighted progress on implementation of the National Dementia Strategy to stakeholders including local authorities.
Joint commissioning framework
Published: 15 June 2009
The National Dementia Strategy joint commissioning framework provides best practice guidance for commissioning dementia services. It includes a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment template, summary of NICE and SCIE evidence for dementia services, commissioning levers against each of the strategy's objectives and a summary of South East Coastal SHA dementia metrics.
National Dementia Strategy Demonstrator Site Programme
The National Dementia Strategy requires an improved evidence base about the effectiveness of two service models proposed, Objective 4 – Enabling easy access to care, support and advice following diagnosis and Objective 5 – Development of structured peer support and learning, and we are inviting applications for demonstrator sites for these two areas.
Living well with dementia: a National Dementia Strategy
Published: 3 February 2009
The aim of the Strategy is to ensure that significant improvements are made to dementia services across three key areas: improved awareness, earlier diagnosis and intervention, and a higher quality of care.
Consultation on a National Dementia Strategy
The Department held a public consultation as part of the development of the a National Dementia Strategy. This consultation drew on evidence from a wide range of reports and stakeholders, a series of listening events involving over 3,000 people and the recommendations of an External Reference Group.
Worried about your memory campaign
Backed by the Department, the Alzheimer’s Society’s Worried About Your Memory? campaign prompts and helps people to consider if their forgetfulness, or that of a friend or relative, is due to just poor memory or the beginning of a medical problem and encourage them to seek medical advice.
Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme – Dementia Care
The King’s Fund in partnership with the Department of Health
The King’s Fund has been commissioned by the Department of Health to further extend the Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme in a special initiative to improve the environment of care for people with dementia.
Applications are now invited from NHS Trusts that provide services to people with dementia for the 10 places that are available in 2010.
Dementia resources and useful links
Additional links
Dementia Information Portal
Follow the implmentation of the National Dementia Strategy on the portal for key stakeholder delivery partners
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