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Commissioning services for people with dementia
21 July 2011
The Department of Health’s new dementia commissioning pack provides a set of tools and templates for health and local authority commissioners, helping them to design cost-effective services suited to local needs.
It supports planning across the whole spectrum of dementia, from early diagnosis to end of life care, together with guidance on how to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medication.
The pack was developed in consultation with a range of health and social care experts, including people with dementia and their carers. It aims to:
- Improve quality of services for people with dementia by placing patient outcomes and patient choice at the heart of the commissioning process
- Drive efficiency by reducing unwarranted variation in services
- Reduce bureaucracy for commissioners by providing tailored documents and templates, bringing together the different aspects of commissioning (clinical, financial, commercial, contractual and procurement)
View the pack on the Department of Health website
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