Services for people with dementia are in crisis. A re-think is required.
"There is no background information to support the consultation: nothing on the facts and figures relating to dementia; no analysis; no attempt to learn from the third dementia strategy 2017-20 (which had a section on what had been learned from previous strategies); nothing about the extent to which the seven outcomes and 21 commitments made in the previous strategy have been achieved. The consultation claims the new strategy will “build on” “taking a person-centred and flexible approach” but without any explanation of how much progress has been made on this or how much remains to be achieved, let alone the reasons for this. The foundations of this new strategy are being built on shifting sand."