"Dr Greaves said: ‘With an aging population the old models of dementia care are not sustainable. A tsunami of frail elderly is threatening to engulf and bankrupt the NHS. Carrying on in the same way is simply not an option."
`A consortium of 162 GPs at 41 practices scooped the NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia run in collaboration with Janssen Healthcare Innovation at the annual NHS Innovation Awards.`
The scheme has cut waiting times for diagnosis and detection rates have soared from 30% to 100% of anticipated local cases. It has helped more patients stay independent in their own homes, and saved the NHS around £500,000 per year across a population of 280,000. The service integrates dementia care by putting consultant-led clinics in the community and pulling together end-of-life care and social care services.
A GP-led dementia service that slashed diagnosis waiting times and boosted detection rates has won an £80,000 NHS innovation prize.
They are pulling together end-of-life care and social care services because someone has been diagnosed EARLY with dementia. Surely that is rushing it !
Here is another incentive:
GPs in England are to get £30 000 a year for taking on board the `named person` role for the elderly. http://www.gponline.com/News/article/1225160/30000-per-practice-named-clinician-role/
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