New National Clinical Director for Dementia
13:56 - 17/12/2009
New National Clinical Director for De...
The Department of Health has announced that Professor Alistair Burns has been appointed as the new National Clinical Director for Dementia.
Professor Burns, who is currently the Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, will be in charge of promoting better care of people with dementia within the NHS and social care communities and will oversee the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. He will work closely with the new National Clinical Director for Older People, Professor David Oliver, to ensure solid leadership in determining the future of services for an ageing population.
Professor Burns’ experience within the field of dementia includes developing the South Manchester Memory Clinic, which provides specialist assessment and diagnosis for people with memory problems, and helping to establish a Dementia Drug Treatment clinic. He is also an instrumental part of the Old Age Psychiatry General Hospital liaison service and can boast an international reputation in research.
Care Services Minister, Phil Hope said: “Alistair’s experience of dementia services gives him a unique understanding of what works for people with the condition and their carers. I am confident that he will help drive up standards of care across the country and look forward to working with him to build the best possible services for people with dementia.”
Professor Alistair Burns himself commented: “In the past few years, there has been a great deal of public interest in dementia and several influential initiatives, in particular the National Dementia Strategy. The challenge, now, is to build on this to make a real positive difference to people with dementia, their families and carers.”
Dementia is one of the main causes of disability in later life and around 700,000 people in the UK are living with the condition. This figure will rise to 1 million within the next ten years. This makes it more important than ever that people working within the care sector have an awareness of the illness. We offer Dementia Awareness training which helps carers to deliver a better quality of care to their service users. One of our trainers, Anthony Griffin, explains: “The Dementia Awareness course aims to provide sufficient information to raise awareness of the condition as well as ensuring that delegates feel a significant benefit from attending the course. It is one of my favourite courses to train because the delegates taking part always demonstrate a keen interest in the subject.” For further information, or to make a booking, please contact us today.
Professor Burns, who is currently the Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, will be in charge of promoting better care of people with dementia within the NHS and social care communities and will oversee the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. He will work closely with the new National Clinical Director for Older People, Professor David Oliver, to ensure solid leadership in determining the future of services for an ageing population.
Professor Burns’ experience within the field of dementia includes developing the South Manchester Memory Clinic, which provides specialist assessment and diagnosis for people with memory problems, and helping to establish a Dementia Drug Treatment clinic. He is also an instrumental part of the Old Age Psychiatry General Hospital liaison service and can boast an international reputation in research.
Care Services Minister, Phil Hope said: “Alistair’s experience of dementia services gives him a unique understanding of what works for people with the condition and their carers. I am confident that he will help drive up standards of care across the country and look forward to working with him to build the best possible services for people with dementia.”
Professor Alistair Burns himself commented: “In the past few years, there has been a great deal of public interest in dementia and several influential initiatives, in particular the National Dementia Strategy. The challenge, now, is to build on this to make a real positive difference to people with dementia, their families and carers.”
Dementia is one of the main causes of disability in later life and around 700,000 people in the UK are living with the condition. This figure will rise to 1 million within the next ten years. This makes it more important than ever that people working within the care sector have an awareness of the illness. We offer Dementia Awareness training which helps carers to deliver a better quality of care to their service users. One of our trainers, Anthony Griffin, explains: “The Dementia Awareness course aims to provide sufficient information to raise awareness of the condition as well as ensuring that delegates feel a significant benefit from attending the course. It is one of my favourite courses to train because the delegates taking part always demonstrate a keen interest in the subject.” For further information, or to make a booking, please contact us today.
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