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Dr Linda Patterson

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Former Medical Director
Commission for Health Improvement and Burnley NHS Trust
Speakers
Karen Taylor

(See biography)
Director, Value for Money Audit, Health
National Audit Office

www.nao.gov.uk
Simon Williams

(See biography)
Director
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

www.adass.org.uk
Dr Donald Lyons

Director
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

www.mwcscot.org.uk
Dr Jim Eccles
(See biography)
Consultant Physician
Nuffield Council on Bioethics

www.ethics-network.org.uk
David Jobbins

(See biography)
Assistant Director
NHS Commissioning Support for London

www.londondevelopmentcentre.org
Brian Hills

(See biography)
Carer
Dementia UK

www.dementiauk.org
Kathryn Tearne

(See biography)
Clinical Lead Admiral Nurse
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

www.swyt.nhs.uk
Dr Mervyn Eastman

(See biography)
President PAVA and Co-Director
Change AGEnts

www.pavauk.org.uk
How Best Can We Deliver Excellent Joined-Up Services For People With Dementia?
This Seminar will be held at The Queens Hotel in Leeds
On Wednesday 24th March 2010

Seminar reference SPD/289

PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA ARE PEOPLE OF WORTH AND DIGNITY - SEEING THE PERSON WITHIN;
TAKING FORWARD THE NAO REPORT ON LIVING WELL WITH DEMENTIA


How will Government and local agencies respond to the NAO interim report : Improving Dementia Services?
How can Government implement Living Well with Dementia more robustly, as the NAO recommends?
How can we achieve necessary, well-informed, joined up commissioning and redirection of resources?
How do we achieve proper training for professionals on understanding and working with people with dementia?
How do we achieve better joined up working between health, social care and private care sectors?
How do we achieve the strong local leadership necessary?
How well has the first £60m baseline spending for PCTs been spent?
How can we ensure the strategy has impact for 700k people and their families?
What will be the impact of appointing a Dementia Tsar and Clinical Director?
How best can we enable early intervention and early treatment?
How can we improve quality of care for people at all stages of their illness?
How best should we administer and use antipsychotic drugs?
How should we tackle agitation and aggression?
How can we begin to reduce stigma?
How can we guarantee commitment from all stakeholders to transformation of care?
How can we ensure local commissioners factor in dementia to their planning?
How can we ensure public, private and voluntary service providers collaborate to provide a seamless service?
How best can we enable users and carers engage with services and don't fall between services?
Why does the UK compare so poorly with other EU countries?
How can we identify and connect with people with dementia in minority groups?
How best can we safeguard people with dementia?
How should we prepare for the expected increases in coming years?
Where can we hope to be in ten years time?


This CPPS seminar brings together key figures from across sectors in the important debate on how all services should most effectively tackle the challenges of delivering excellent health and social care outcomes from people suffering from dementia, following the Interim Report of the National Audit Office.

The day encourages brief, focussed presentations followed by engaged discussion by all attending in a relaxed setting. It is hoped that it will make a valuable contribution to taking forward the issues.
The fee for the day's Seminar is £345.00 plus VAT.

Earlybird Discounted rate £250 + VAT for bookings received before 24 February 2010

GENEROUS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND FOR MULTIPLE BOOKINGS.

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Excellent. Team Leader, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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You are to be congratulated upon a superb programme which was much appreciated - Former President, British Medical Association

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