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Improving dementia care
NHS Memory Services receive £10 million injection
Press Release from the Department of Health
£10 million is being made available to kick start a transformation in the way people with dementia are treated by the NHS, Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow announced today. The extra funding for memory services will help to identify people with dementia earlier and treat them more effectively.
Memory services expand in dementia push, but quality is variable
Memory services are deemed vital to receiving a diagnosis. In the UK, 60% of people with dementia live with no formal diagnosis and so cannot access treatment and support.
By Stephen Robinson, 14 September 2011
Almost all PCTs in England now commission memory services and numbers of patients accessing them have increased sharply, but less than a third of trusts have accredited schemes, a survey has found.
Figures from the NHS Information Centre suggest the DoH’s national dementia strategy has led to a significant improvement in access to support services.
The vast majority of PCTs – 94% – now commission memory services, up from 82% in 2008/9, the year before the strategy began.
Crossroads Care to provide day care for people living with dementia in Newmarket
New care scheme for dementia sufferers
A CHARITY which supports carers will set up a new day care scheme in Newmarket thanks to a funding boost.
Crossroads Care will introduce the Homeshare scheme to the town and the surrounding area to provide day care for people living with dementia.
The team is appealing for volunteers to act as “homesharers” by providing their own homes for the scheme
