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Supporting patients to complete Join Dementia Research registration forms in clinic

6 March 2019

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 […]

Memory Clinic Mailing – the best way to spread awareness of Join Dementia Research

13 December 2018

Fylde Coast Memory Assessment Service wrote to everyone who received a diagnosis within the past 12 months offering them the opportunity to engage in dementia research by registering on Join Dementia Research. This mailing was done as part of a new initiative piloted by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust. There was a 5% uptake, with […]

NHS Fylde and Wyre Breaks into the top 10 for CCG % of people with Dementia on Join Dementia Research

9 July 2018

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG are one of the three areas working with the NIHR as exemplars for  embedding the promotion of Join Dementia Research into normal care pathways – delivered as part of the Embedding Research in Care (ERICA) Project. Since April 2018 the Trust has been piloting […]