Memory assessment service for the early identification and care of people with dementia
This commissioning guide provides support for the local implementation of NICE clinical guidelines through commissioning, and is a resource to help health professionals in England to commission an effective memory assessment service for the early identification and care of people with dementia.
This commissioning guide should be read in conjunction with the following NICE guidance:
- NICE-SCIE clinical guideline CG42 ‘Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care´
- NICE technology appraisal TA111 ‘Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer´s disease´.
The clinical guideline covers clinical and cost effectiveness in detail and underpins the content of this guide. The NICE guideline should also be read with the Department of Health Living well with dementia : A National Dementia Strategy.
The guide:
- makes the case for commissioning a memory assessment service
- specifies service requirements
- helps you determine local service levels
- helps you ensure corporate and quality assurance.
The full text of this commissioning guide can be downloaded or accessed from the navigation menu on the right hand side of the screen. Download the openly available commissioning and benchmarking tool, there is no need to register.
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December 2007
This page was last updated: 09 December 2010
- Memory assessment service
- Commissioning a memory assessment service for the early identification and care of people with dementia
- Specifying a memory assessment service for the early identification and care of people with dementia
- Determining local service levels for a memory assessment service for the early identification and care of people with dementia
- Assumptions used in estimating a population benchmark
- The commissioning and benchmarking tool
- Ensuring corporate and quality assurance
