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The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia

The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. Jon Rouse, Director General - Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships Department of Health. Dementia: Key facts. 670,000 people in England with dementia

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The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia

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  1. The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia Jon Rouse, Director General - Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships Department of Health

  2. Dementia: Key facts 670,000 people in England with dementia Dementia costs society £19bn a year, more than the costs of cancer, heart disease or stroke 550,000 carers of people with dementia Huge variation in services across the country Source: Alzheimer’s Society

  3. Dementia: The PM’s Challenge • Health and Care • Dementia Friendly Communities • Research

  4. State of the Nation Report For the first time, people across England can see local information about dementia services including: • Diagnosis rates • Memory services • Hospital Care • Antipsychotic prescribing • Dementia-friendly communities • Research

  5. State of the Nation Report • Diagnosis rate of 48.7% • 47,000 Dementia Friends • 34 Dementia friendly communities • Research funding: £20 million available to 6 pioneering research projects • G8 dementia summit

  6. Progress to date: Health and Care • NHS England national ambition on diagnosis rates: Aim by 2015 for two-thirds of people with dementia to have a diagnosis, with appropriate post diagnosis support. • Directed Enhanced Service as part of the GP contract for 2013/14: Rewards practices for having a pro-active approach to identifying the early signs of dementia. • Extended Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation award: For 2013/14 includes quality of dementia care and support for carers. • £50m funding to create dementia-friendly environments in health and care.

  7. Dementia Friendly Communities • Dementia Friends: over 3,000 people signed up to train as volunteer Dementia Friends Champions. Over 47,000 Dementia Friends. • Dementia friendly places: 34 communities signed up as working towards becoming dementia-friendly. • Dementia Movement launching Spring 2014. • Dementia friendly finance services charter: launched in October.

  8. Research • Government funded dementia research in England has almost doubled, from £28.2 million in 2009/10 to £52.2 million in 2012/13. • £20 million funding awarded in July 2012 to six projects looking at areas including living well with dementia, promoting independence and managing agitation. • £9.6m investment in brain scanning by MRC for a pilot study involving 8,000 volunteers.

  9. G8: The legacy • Declaration • Communique • Envoy • Legacy events

  10. Dementia Training • We need a workforce that is capable and competent in dementia care. • 1.3 million NHS staff, 1.6 million social care staff. • 108,000 NHS staff dementia trained, meeting HEE Mandate goal. • How can training support the Dementia Challenge?

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