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<p>We are committed to ensuring that older vulnerable adults and their carers receive
the best possible support in all settings through the Proactive Care Programme, and
by ensuring all people aged 75 and over have a named general practitioner (GP) with
overall responsibility for their care, providing continuity and oversight of their
care. People living with dementia will benefit from this patient focused care.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From April 2015, councils and the National Health Service will
pool £5.3 billion of their local budgets under the Better Care Fund. This will require
local authorities and the NHS to work together, and engage local partners, including
voluntary sector organisations. It is expected that local areas will use some of this
to improve care for people with dementia, such as providing access to dementia advisors,
reminiscence services and counselling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dementia is a
key priority for this Government which is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime
Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and
understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of the Challenge, we have made significant progress
across all three strands of the challenge including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>-
on 28 February 2014, the Secretary of State for Health announced his ambition for
improving dementia care and support for people with dementia, their family and carers.
This signalled the importance of a tailored plan of care as part of a package of high
quality, personalised dementia care and support;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- in
the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation
(CQUIN) reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month,
it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed;</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the Dementia Care and Support Compact, the care sector’s
own response to the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, sets out a commitment
to support the delivery of the challenge and improve care and support for people with
dementia, their carers and families;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- on 1 April, we
put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service which has had over 80% take
up by GPs to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people
with dementia;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- on 22 May, we launched the Dementia
Roadmap web based navigation aid with the Royal College of General Practitioners to
assist primary care staff effectively support patients, families and carers at the
time of diagnosis and throughout the dementia journey; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>- on 10 September 2014, NHS England published a new Dementia Toolkit aimed
at helping GPs make a more timely diagnosis and what they can do in terms of vital
post-diagnostic support.</p><p> </p>
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