https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/after-a-diagnosis-of-dementia-what-to-expect-from-health-and-care-services/after-diagnosis-of-dementia-what-to-expect-from-health-and-care-services<\/a><\/p>We are working with stakeholders and the health and care system to identify and implement actions to support people with dementia and their carers. We will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for future years in 2022. This new dementia strategy will include a focus on improving the experience of being diagnosed and living with dementia.<\/p>"}
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The data is not available in the format requested.<\/p>"}
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We have been implementing the Challenge on Dementia 2020 to transform care, support, awareness and research for dementia, including Alzheimer\u2019s disease by 2020. The Challenge contained the commitment to spend £300 million on dementia research over the five years to March 2020. This commitment was delivered a year early with £344 million spent on dementia research over four years. Much of this investment is in research to better understand the nature of dementia, in order to inform development of future treatments and ways to prevent the onset of the condition.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, has also commissioned major research on dementia care and living well with dementia. We are currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia at all stages on the translation pathway including medical and care interventions.<\/p>"}
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Public Health England has not received any representations on the correlation between sugar intake and Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>"}
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No formal assessment of Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer\u2019s has been made. The commissioning of health and social care services to meet the needs of the local population in line with relevant clinical guidelines is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups and local authorities.<\/p>
It is the responsibility of social care provider organisations by law, to ensure their employees are qualified and trained to carry out their duties including caring for people living with dementia. The skills and competencies that paid carers require in respect of dementia are set out in the Dementia Training Standards Framework<\/em>. A copy of the Dementia Training Standards Framework<\/em> is attached. In addition, the Government is committed to continuing to value, recognise and support unpaid carers to provide care in a way that supports their own health & wellbeing. That is why on 5 June 2018, the Department published the Carers Action Plan 2018-2020<\/em>, setting out a cross-Government programme of targeted work to support carers over the next two years and we will ensure a clear focus on carers in the forthcoming Adult Social Care Green Paper. A copy of the Carers Action Plan<\/em> 2018-2020<\/em> is attached.<\/p> <\/p>
Dementia remains a key priority for the Government. We are committed to all National Health Service and care staff receiving appropriate training on dementia. The Care Certificate helps to ensure that newly appointed healthcare assistants and social care support workers have undertaken dementia training. Skills for Care has developed a number of resources and qualifications to support those who care for people with dementia.<\/p>
<\/p>
Information is not held centrally on the training and advice available on Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer\u2019s techniques.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government is not taking any steps to encourage care homes to adopt Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer\u2019s techniques as it is prioritising the Dementia Training Standards Framework<\/em>.<\/p> <\/p>
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No formal assessment of Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer\u2019s has been made. The commissioning of health and social care services to meet the needs of the local population in line with relevant clinical guidelines is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups and local authorities.<\/p>
It is the responsibility of social care provider organisations by law, to ensure their employees are qualified and trained to carry out their duties including caring for people living with dementia. The skills and competencies that paid carers require in respect of dementia are set out in the Dementia Training Standards Framework<\/em>. A copy of the Dementia Training Standards Framework<\/em> is attached. In addition, the Government is committed to continuing to value, recognise and support unpaid carers to provide care in a way that supports their own health & wellbeing. That is why on 5 June 2018, the Department published the Carers Action Plan 2018-2020<\/em>, setting out a cross-Government programme of targeted work to support carers over the next two years and we will ensure a clear focus on carers in the forthcoming Adult Social Care Green Paper. A copy of the Carers Action Plan<\/em> 2018-2020<\/em> is attached.<\/p> <\/p>
Dementia remains a key priority for the Government. We are committed to all National Health Service and care staff receiving appropriate training on dementia. The Care Certificate helps to ensure that newly appointed healthcare assistants and social care support workers have undertaken dementia training. Skills for Care has developed a number of resources and qualifications to support those who care for people with dementia.<\/p>
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Information is not held centrally on the training and advice available on Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer\u2019s techniques.<\/p>
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The Government is not taking any steps to encourage care homes to adopt Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer\u2019s techniques as it is prioritising the Dementia Training Standards Framework<\/em>.<\/p> <\/p>
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Raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of dementia and improving early diagnosis is a key part of the Dementia 2020 Challenge.<\/p>
<\/p>
Through the Dementia Friends initiative, we are raising awareness and understanding among the wider public to ensure that people are supported to live well with the condition. There are now almost 2.5 million Dementia Friends.<\/p>
<\/p>
As part of the NHS health check programme, people aged 65 to 74 are provided with information on the signs and symptoms of dementia, the availability of memory services in their locality, as well as on health and lifestyle factors which may increase the risk of developing dementia.<\/p>
<\/p>
Awareness and recognition of the symptoms of dementia is one of the areas covered in the Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, which sets out the skills and knowledge required by all staff working with people with dementia in health and social care settings.<\/p>
<\/p>
Health professionals are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date by taking account of new research and developments in guidance, such as that produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to ensure that they can continue to provide high quality care to all patients. NICE has published a guideline on the assessment, management and support of people living with dementia and their carers, which was updated in June 2018, and which contains recommendations to assist diagnosis.<\/p>
<\/p>
NHS England has set a national ambition for dementia diagnosis which was achieved in November 2015. NHS England continues to monitor progress to ensure that the ambition is maintained and addresses variations at a local level through the provision of intensive support.<\/p>
<\/p>
Dementia diagnosis rates are included in the clinical commissioning group (CCG) Improvement and Assessment Framework, which enables CCGs to assess their performance and deliver longer-term improvements to dementia diagnosis services.<\/p>"}
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The Department does not hold figures on the number of people with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. However, it is estimated that approximately 850,000 people in the United Kingdom have the condition.<\/p>
<\/p>
Drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer\u2019s disease are classified under section 4.11 of the British National Formulary (BNF), Drugs for Dementia. These drugs are Donepezil, Galantamine, Rivastigmine and Memantine. NHS Prescription Services, who provide data on dispensing of National Health Service prescriptions, add the unlicensed drug Idebenone. These drugs are all included in the following table, which gives details of these drugs where they have been dispensed in the community in England in 2017.<\/p>
<\/p>
Since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition, it is not possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed. Rivastigmine is also licensed for dementia associated with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Idebenone has been used for stroke, Alzheimer\u2019s disease and other indications.<\/p>
BNF Section Code<\/p><\/td> | BNF Section Name<\/p><\/td> | Net Ingredient Cost (NIC)*<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 4.11<\/p><\/td> | Drugs for Dementia<\/p><\/td> | £28,187,845<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Prescription Cost Analysis<\/p> <\/p> Note:<\/p> <\/p> *This is the basic cost of a drug as used in primary care. This is the cost at list price excluding VAT, i.e. the price listed in the national Drug Tariff or in standard price lists and is not necessarily the price the NHS paid. It does not take into account any contract prices or discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charge income, so the amount the NHS paid will be different. NIC is used in Prescription Services reports and other analyses, as it standardises cost throughout prescribing nationally, and allows comparisons of data from different sources. The figures are in pounds.<\/p>"}
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