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The Annual Conference of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry will take place next month and has Professor Craig Ritchie presenting on “The Future of Dementia Care” The publicly available … Continue reading ‘The Future of Dementia Care’
I wrote this poem many years ago. At the time there was an incentivised national target for the early diagnosis of dementia (HEAT target 4). Concerned about the potential for … Continue reading We have moved on
I read this letter by Dr William Durward, a retired NHS Scotland Consultant with interest. It was published in the Herald, 7 November 2018, and was written in response to … Continue reading “Trickles down from the upper echelons”
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The following extracts are taken from this perspective published in the Scotsman, 11 January 2018: Pfizer has seemingly concluded that Alzheimer’s disease is far more complex than we had ever … Continue reading Paradigms, pathologies and shifts
The following Report was published in November 2017: The Foreword began [highlights are mine]:The Report author Sir Harry Burns states: “experience with existing targets and indicators has been positive in many … Continue reading NHS Scotland: Targets – learning from experience
I recently read a British Geriatrics Society (BGS) blog which was titled: “Anti-dementia medication may improve survival in Alzheimer’s disease”. Having read this blog several times I wrote to the … Continue reading Might the experts themselves be confused?
I recently wrote to the Minister for Mental Health with concerns about the way the Scottish Government has chosen to record the narrative of dementia policy in Scotland. I have … Continue reading It is important to record the narrative of dementia policy in Scotland accurately