This document summarizes dementia diagnosis rates across regions in England, including Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Cumbria. It then lists the dementia diagnosis rates for specific clinical commissioning groups within those regions. The rest of the document outlines the dementia care structure and partnerships across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Cumbria, including various regional groups, organizations, and initiatives involved in dementia care, awareness, and support.

1. Dr Amanda Thornton
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dementia Clinical Lead
Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria
Strategic Clinical Networks and Senate (GMLSC
SCNs)

2. Dementia Diagnosis
• England 67.4%
• Lancashire and Greater Manchester 74.3%
• Cumbria and North East 73.7%
• Cheshire and Merseyside 70.2%
• North Midlands 71.4%
• West Midlands 63.9%
• Central Midlands 64.8%
• East 61.3%
• South West 61.6%
• South East 63.2%
• South Central 65.4%

3. Dementia Diagnosis
• NHS Blackburn with Darwen 84.0%
• NHS Blackpool 88.0%
• NHS Bolton 77.2%
• NHS Bury 89.3%
• NHS Central Manchester 90.1%
• NHS Chorley and South Ribble 72.0%
• NHS Cumbria 66.7%
• NHS East Lancashire 67.4%
• NHS Fylde & Wyre 60.6%
• NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale 67.9%
• NHS Lancashire North 72.5%
• NHS Salford 84.9%
• NHS South Manchester 77.6%
• NHS Stockport 72.3%
• NHS Tameside and Glossop 71.6%
• NHS Trafford 69.5%
• NHS West Lancashire 67.8%
• NHS Wigan Borough 70.8%

4. Well Pathway for Dementia

5. Devolution
Manchester
Chair – David Dalton
GMLSC SCNs Dementia Steering Group
(SCN clinical leads +team , Locality Chairs, Patient Reps, 3rd Sector )
Chair: Amanda Thornton
Lancashire
Dementia expert reference
group (DERG)
Chair Alex Walker
Cumbria Dementia Group
(primary and secondary care, county
council and commissioning) Chair
– Donna Storey
Dementia United
Cumbria Partnership
GMAHSN
Patients, carers public member
Voluntary and 3rd Sector
• Multicultural Arts and Media Centre
• Lancashire Dementia Voices
• Alzheimer's Society
Other organisations
• Veterans Council Dementia Café
• House of Memories
• Dementia Action Alliance
• Social Prescribing group
Dementia Structure
GMLSC SCNs
GMLSC SCNs Mental Health, Dementia, Learning
Disabilities, Palliative and End of life Care Team –
Network Manager – Maqsood Ahmad
Greater Manchester
Dementia CCG
Commissioning Leads
Lancashire Dementia CCG
Commissioning Leads – Cumbria Dementia meeting
GMLSC SCNs Dementia Team
Program Lead – Kim Wrigley
NHS England Central Team
NHS England Regional Team
NHS England, Lancashire & Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Lancashire South Cumbria
NWCAHSN

6. Examples
Future Learn Free online course - Faces of Dementia
NICE Tailored resource for carers and care providers on supporting people to live well with dementia
Alzheimer's Research UK Alzheimer's charity launches new website to help children understand Dementia
The Local Government
Association Guidance on the role of councils in supporting people with dementia
Alzheimer's Society Share the Orange Campaign
Donald's story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vybgNqwHEsQ
Sporting Memories – Bill’s Story
Dementia Quality
Improvement Awards http://www.gmlscscn.nhs.uk/index.php/news/304-dementia-quality-improvement-awards-2016
My Aging Parent.com – Dementia and hearing loss
New project to develop
care home provision http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/14306784.Pioneering_project_to_help_dementia_sufferers/?ref=rss
Lancashire Voices
launch of their new video http://lancashiredementiavoices.org/?page_id=11701
Weekly email
Sharing latest news, innovations, courses and events
Approx 200 links shared to date since 31 July 2015
If you wish to be added to the distribution list, please email sarah.ward22@nhs.net

7. Blogs, articles and
activities

8. Projects and courses
& Event

9. Linking with organisations, schemes and
awareness sharing

10. The Ambassador's Project
A pilot project that was developed to increase dementia awareness among
young people in Greater Manchester, empowering them to talk more openly
about dementia by providing an environment that offers the tools to help
students clearly communicate key messages and work towards future
solutions.

11. Celebrating improvement and innovation

12. Participation in Dementia Awareness Week 2015

13. Participation in Dementia Awareness Week 2016
Strictly return to the Blackpool Tower to
raise awareness of Dementia – 20th May
Over The Garden Fence – Haylo
Theatre Production 15-21 May
20th May Carlisle Cathedral.
A service for national Dementia Awareness
Week.
Dementia Enablers : 50 churches have
Dementia Enablers, plan to make Every
Church in Cumbria dementia friendly by
2020
www.churchestogethercumbria.co.uk
Tommy Whitelaw
‘make a pledge’ campaign

14. Thank you