The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) are inviting educators and students to attend a free conference titled Promoting Excellence: Shifting the paradigm in dementia
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A major review of dementia care by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) says the unacceptable gap in the quality of care means it is likely that someone living with dementia
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A quarter of people diagnosed with dementia hide the fact for fear of being stigmatised, according to a new report. The Medical Research Council (MRC), which commissioned the joint report
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Today’s health and social care services are missing important opportunities to provide better care and to decrease the cost of emergency admissions to hospitals, according to one of Britain’s leading
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The Patients Association has condemned plans to pay GPs a £55 bonus to diagnose dementia as “a step too far”. NHS England confirmed family doctors would receive the cash under
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A major review into the care provided to people living with dementia by the Care Quality Commission found an unacceptable gap in the quality of care that means people are
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Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) has pledged that their staff will become Dementia Friends in a move to better understand dementia and the impact it can have on
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Milton Keynes Council, whose social services department was censured by a judge for the “woefully inadequate” way it dealt with an elderly former magistrate with severe dementia, has been ordered
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have announced the winners in the six categories of this year’s Scotland’s Dementia Awards: a partnership between Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed a funding boost for Dementia services in Northern Ireland. The Minister acknowledged the funding from the Executive’s Delivering Social Change programme as he launched
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