NHS progress in Telford and Wrekin

Significant progress has been made by NHS Telford & Wrekin to deal with growing numbers of people with dementia.

The PCT is working with social care partners on key aspects of the national strategy including more support for family carers from a specialist Admiral Nurse, supporting respite and domiciliary care packages, improved assessment for carers needs, and addressing the training requirements of professional clinicians.

Other service initiatives currently underway are:

• improved hospital liaison and care home services
• increased capacity of the existing Memory Service
• increased intermediate care capacity, with specialist dementia training, to enable people to live at home for as long as possible and to prevent people from going into hospital unnecessarily
• appointment of a Primary Care Liaison Officer.
  

For more information visit www.telford.nhs.uk