bradford dementia group why it is important. bradford dementia group it’s unacceptably low
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from perspective of GPs
2006 2009
Have received sufficient training 31 47
Score on knowledge test 47 49
National Audit Office, 2010
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People with dementia
I consider that I didn’t get a service from...my own GP. I just got patted on the head.
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Policy
Consensus from policy documents
that it needs boosting
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Why this is more important than raising public awareness?
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Awareness alone insufficient
He didn’t know
We all get old sometimes
Pooh poohed
Fobbed off
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Diagnosis is their job
We hold other professionals to account, why not GPs?
Ageism and dement-ism?
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Diagnosis is our right
You can walk into a general
practitioner’s and you can pick
up leaflet on cancer but can
you pick up a leaflet on dementia?
Very unlikely.
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Support for living well with dementia is our right
The more they understand,
the more they can help.
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Why it’s more important to boost GPs’ understanding
It’s unacceptably low
We can improve it
It’s their job
It’s our right
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