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<p>We want all general practitioners to have received appropriate training, in order
to provide high quality care to people with dementia, regardless of the person’s age
or individual needs.</p><p>The standard of training for health care professionals
is the responsibility of the health care independent statutory regulatory bodies who
set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses and
Higher Education Institutions to write and teach the curricula content that enables
their students to meet the regulators outcome standards.</p><p>Whilst not all curricula
may necessarily highlight a specific condition, they all nevertheless emphasize the
skills and approaches a Health Care Practitioner must develop in order to ensure accurate
and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients, including for dementia.</p><p>The
NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment
to improving training for workers caring for people with dementia.</p><p>The Long
Term plan also sets out the plan for there to be more healthcare staff working in
and with GP practices, which will mean people will be able to get an appointment with
the right professional depending on their needs. This means that those with dementia
will be able to access the most appropriate support more quickly.</p><p>The plan will
include more GPs, nurses and 20,000 additional pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics,
physician associates and social prescribing link. These bigger teams of staff will
work with other local services to make sure people, including those with dementia,
get better access to a wider range of support for their needs.</p><p>We are seeing
more people from younger cohorts with multimorbidity. Multimorbidity challenges the
specialised approach to medicine, which has improved our ability to successfully treat
single diseases. The Long Term Plan also addresses the increased need for medical
and other clinical professionals with generalist and core skills to manage and support
patients with seemingly unrelated diseases.</p><p>There are also a variety of resources
available on the NHS England E-learning for Health platform, including a programme
on dementia care, designed to enhance the training and education of the health and
social care workforce.</p>
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