The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan is a genuine opportunity for the sustainable transformation and integration of the health and social care services that are essential to people affected by dementia. As the UK’s largest charity representing the needs of people living with and affected by dementia, it was a privilege and commitment for Alzheimer’s Society to support the development of the Long Term Plan, and see the Dementia Guide to the NHS Long Term Plan launch at NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo this year.
The Dementia Guide is designed to support the implementation planning; dementia policy development and strategy review; engagement with people living with or affected by dementia such as Alzheimer’s Society’s delivery of the Dementia Experience Toolkit for the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC); investment in Research & Development; and Innovation and Technology. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out an ambition for Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect service to be rolled out nationally as a single point of access to a range of support and Alzheimer’s Society welcomes this ambition as they are committed to reaching every person affected by dementia.
Alzheimer’s Society wants to see the Long Term Plan work to improve the lives and wellbeing of the people they represent and recognises the absolute need for a Social Care funding commitment to enable the realisation of this. Therefore, Alzheimer’s Society continues to call for a solution to the crisis in social care in their Fix Dementia Care campaign.
Read in full the Dementia Guide to the NHS Long Term Plan: http://bit.ly/NHSlongtermplandementia
