Health and care leaders working to drive improvements in dementia services have held their first meeting. The Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, brings together representatives from the health sector, social care, local government and charities.
Co-chaired by Sarah Pickup, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, and Sir Ian Carruthers, the chief executive of NHS South of England, the group will focus on how social care services, the NHS and local government organisations can work together to effect change.
It follows pledges by the Prime Minister to make the UK a world leader on dementia. The programme aims to deliver major improvements in dementia care, awareness and research by 2015. Three ‘Champion Groups’ are being established to lead the work on each strand.
The care services minister Paul Burstow said: “We are determined to go further and faster in bringing real improvements to the care and support people with dementia and their carers receive in all settings.
“Early diagnosis is key as it allows people to plan for their future. We must also ensure that, once they receive a diagnosis, people have access to the right information and high quality services wherever they live.”
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