The Prime Minister’s Challenge
on Dementia
Jon Rouse,
Director General - Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships
Department of Health
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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
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Source: Alzheimer’s Society
Dementia: The PM’s Challenge
• Health and Care
• Dementia Friendly
Communities
• Research
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State of the Nation Report
For the first time, people across
England can see local information
about dementia services including:
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Diagnosis rates
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Memory services
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Hospital Care
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Antipsychotic prescribing
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Dementia-friendly communities
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Research
State of the Nation Report
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Diagnosis rate of 48.7%
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47,000 Dementia Friends
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34 Dementia friendly
communities
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Research funding: £20
million available to 6
pioneering research
projects
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G8 dementia summit
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.
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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.
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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.
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G8: The legacy
• Declaration
• Communique
• Envoy
• Legacy events
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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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