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NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) are running a series of Engagement Events for people with a strategic, clinical or operational management role in relation to the delivery of services for people with dementia, their carers and families.

The purpose of the events is

• to involve delegates in the work being undertaken to develop a comprehensive education framework for dementia

• to highlight where it integrates with the other workstreams currently underway to address the key challenges and commitments made in ‘Scotland’s National Dementia strategy’

• to share with delegates the progress made thus far including the evidence and underlying philosophy supporting this work

• to facilitate the generation of delegates perspectives, thoughts and ideas to be used to build on the framework structure, content and language;

• to raise awareness of the intention to subsequently develop a targeted workforce development plan

• to discuss the priorities and gaps in current education provision which must be addressed in order to support the implementation of the framework

Dates

• 20 Jan Inverness
• 9 Feb Glasgow
• 10 Feb Edinburgh
• 17 Feb Dundee
• 24 Feb Aberdeen

The events will run from 10am to 3pm and places are limited to 40 at each event. Please apply by downloading this form.

Further clarification or information: Theresa Douglas theresa.douglas@nes.scot.nhs.uk or Ambi Wildman ambi.wildman@nes.scot.nhs.uk

On Tuesday 1st June, the Public Health Minister, Shona Robison, officially launched Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy, which sets out the Scottish Government’s key actions to transform dementia care and treatment in Scotland.

It identifies five key challenges and addresses these by focussing on two key service delivery areas: improving support after diagnosis and improving hospital care. It also sets out a further eight specific actions which will support improvements in care and treatment.

The work to deliver the strategy will be overseen by a Dementia Strategy Implementation and Monitoring Group involving all the key partners responsible for taking forward the changes, as well as people with dementia and the people who care for them. The group will publish an annual report in June 2011 and 2012. The strategy has long-term objectives, but there will be an immediate focus on action over the next three years.

The report is available for download on the Scottish Government website.