This complimentary conference for GPs, health and social care staff, and volunteers working in the primary care community is sponsored by NHS South of England (West) and the South West Dementia Partnership. Join us on 8 March 2012 at the Rougemont Hotel in central Exeter to find out more.
This Briefing is designed to support GPs and primary health care teams to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia.
This Briefing has been prepared as a resource for Commissioners, Clinical Commissioning Groups and local partners to develop and deliver comprehensive action plans to improve the rate of diagnosis of dementia, the diagnosis pathway.
This Guidance sets out the process and associated standards for making a diagnosis of dementia in primary health care services, and by specialist memory assessment services.
This paper published by the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York, investigates the relationship between patients’ primary care costs (consultations, tests and drugs) and their age, gender, deprivation and alternative measures of their morbidity and multimorbidity.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia has launched its next inquiry which will focus on improving dementia diagnosis rates across the UK.
The national Early Signs and Symptoms campaign encourages people to recognise the signs and symptoms of dementia and to speak to their GP if they have any concerns.
Three-quarters of the estimated 36 million people with dementia worldwide do not have a formal diagnosis, according to the World Alzheimer Report 2011.
This report explains the methodology and details the currently available outcomes of a locally-delivered GP education seminar programme intended to improve primary care awareness, knowledge, early identification and management of people with dementia and their carers.
Dr Martin Freeman, regional GP dementia lead with the South West Dementia Partnership, welcomes the Dementia Community Roadshow as a vital new step in continuing to raise awareness and understanding of dementia.