Planning for success, implementing the strategy

The National Dementia Strategy Implementation Plan describes what needs to be done to make the strategy work and the support available to fulfil it.

The strategy aims to improve the quality of care for dementia sufferers so they and their carers can live well.

Published in July 2009, the implementation plan is in keeping with the shift towards prevention and early intervention and fits in with wider social care priorities, namely:

• putting people
• first world class commissioning the carers' strategy
• end of life care strategy
• the dignity in care campaign

It details what the Department of Health (DH) will do to help authorities deliver the 17 objectives in the strategy and:

• emphasises the priority objectives
• describes the governance arrangements
• provides a structured programme for implementation of the strategy
• gives a proposed timetable for implementation.

The approach to implementation will be based on discussions and decisions made in partnership with the NHS, local authorities and key stakeholders. DH will play an enabling role, but where possible the details of implementation will be decided locally.

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