When the headlines first broke that GP’s in England are to be paid £55 to diagnose dementia, I have to admit I wasn’t surprised. Improving diagnosis rates has been the number one target since the 2009 National Dementia Strategy, and…
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Talking about dementia… with your patient
Welcome to the last of my seven ‘mini’ blogs for UK Dementia Awareness Week 2014. Concerns that a person is developing dementia aren’t just restricted to that individual – they also affect those closest to them, bringing complex relationships into play.…
Can we really ‘Do something better together’?
Given that healthcare was, for a very long time, a closed shop in terms of opportunities for patient input and examples of the NHS listening to the lived experience, we can but applaud initiatives like NHS Change Day and NHS…
