National dementia strategy

Feb

2009

Filed under: Department of Health, Policy

Published: 3 February 2009

This strategy provides a strategic framework within which local services can:

deliver quality improvements to dementia services and address health inequalities relating to dementia;
provide advice and guidance and support for health and social care commissioners and providers in the planning, development and monitoring of services; and
provide a guide to the content of high-quality services for dementia.

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Rowan Purdy

March 14th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

I was amazed to learn about the social and economic cost of dementia as quoted in the Equality Impact Assessment
- numbers of people with dementia are set to rise to over 750,000 in England by 2020
- the direct costs of dementia to the NHS are approximately £3.3 billion per year
- the overall annual economic burden is estimated to be £14.3 billion per year, or £25,391 per head
- unpaid carers save a cost of £5.2 billion a year

South West Dementia Partnership