Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have become the first to achieve the Dementia 2020 Challenge objective that 25% of people who are newly diagnosed with dementia (in January 2019) registered on Join Dementia Research. This is due to Memory Clinic staff, led by Yvette Griffin (Team Manager at Fylde Coast Memory Assessment Service) and Laura Barnes (Service Manager at Fylde Coast Community Services), supporting their patients to complete Join Dementia Research registration forms in clinic. This initiative alongside sending out regular letters has proven to be one of the most effective ways in reaching patients.

Since April 2018 the Trust has been working with the NIHR Office of the National Director for Dementia Research, as a participant in the Embedding Research in Care (ERICA) Project.

Read the complete study here: https://nhs.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/CaseStudy_Lancashire_Care_supporting_JDR_registration.pdf

Listen to the complete audio recording about this initiative here:

Yvette Griffin (Team Manager at Fylde Coast Memory Assessment Service) and Laura Barnes (Service Manager at Fylde Coast Community Services)