Mr Burstow, who chaired the committee of MPs and peers scrutinising the Government’s Bill to reform the system, will announce a commission of experts tomorrow to design a new model.
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UEA gets £2m to help improve dementia care
The study will be hosted by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where initial research will take place.
David Bale david.bale2@archant.co.uk
Monday, July 22, 2013
7:54 AM
UEA researchers have been awarded a £2m programme grant from the National Institute of Health Research to examine ways to improve hospital care for people with dementia.
One quarter of acute NHS hospital beds are occupied by people with dementia, but inconsistent standards of care, poor physical and mental health management and overuse of sedatives have been highlighted in national reports.
The five-year programme will involve a UK and international team of researchers with the Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia UK as partners. It will be the first dementia-specific study combining elements of best care with a system for putting them into practice.
Programme leader Dr Chris Fox, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School, said: “An injury such as a fractured hip often leads to acute confusion known as delirium and other complications.
“On average, people with a hip fracture in addition to dementia stay in hospital three times longer than those with a hip fracture who do not have dementia.
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Guest Blog –Carol Munt
Travelled to Oxford today for the Thames Valley Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Network Development Day.
There were some very good speakers from the voluntary sector in addition to those from the Health sector including Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director.
I’m not sure how I feel about the objectives, I have an uncanny feeling that we’ve heard it all before under another guise.
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