The HEE Dementia Awareness Foundation Training Progress

1. The HEE Dementia Awareness Foundation Training Progress Prof Sarah Watson-Fisher, MD HESW Dementia Health and Social Care Stakeholder Event – 29th Jan 2014 Use #dementia

2. Celebrating success! • HEE committed within Mandate to ensure training is made available to all NHS staff whom look after patients with dementia can have foundation level dementia training • HEE will ensure that 100,000 staff have foundation level training by March 2014 - Achieved! • HEE will work with stakeholders to develop concrete plans by Autumn 2013 for a rapid roll-out Achieved! • To work with higher education providers and regulators to ensure newly qualified staff receive foundation level dementia training - in progress!

3. Some reflections… • Many different approaches to dementia training within each LETB area. • Recognise that dementia training is delivered variably in hospitals and in other care settings, particularly primary care and social care. • Importance of collaboration and sharing of best practice, e.g. joint work with NAPC, Alzheimer’s Society. • There are large numbers of education resources available currently. • There is great interest in dementia training and willingness to collaborate.

4. Next steps.. • An Accelerated Learning Event for Dementia Leads on 18th/19th March is being planned. • National launch of the Tier 1 dementia training roll-out plan. • Quality assurance work to kite mark training. • Preparation for Tiers 2 and 3 dementia training, e.g. ensuring all commissioned undergraduate programmes include dementia training.