Dementia: Training

(asked on 28th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that dental practitioners receive dementia awareness training.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 6th December 2017

The Department’s Mandate to Health Education England published in April 2013 called for the development in partnership with the relevant stakeholders, of a national roll-out plan for foundation level dementia training for all National Health Service staff. Health Education England is responsible for developing educational frameworks based on care pathways to directly enhance patient care by providing guidance, education and training to dentists, dental care practitioners and dental nurses. The regional Postgraduate Dental Deans have overseen local training in dementia awareness for dental staff, across England, working with local groups and national organisations, such as the Alzheimer’s Society.

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