1. The National Dementia Declaration lists seven outcomes that the DAA are seeking to achieve for people with dementia and their carers. How would you describe your organisation’s role in delivering better outcomes for people with dementia and their carers?

We are committed to developing our dementia service within the Princess Royal with the aim of continuing our work on person centred care. some of the areas we are focusing on are: -Training all staff who work with patients with dementia as this ensures better understanding and therefore care of patients both in clinics and wards. - Training of staff on delirium leads to awareness of prevention as well as management so improving well being and length of stay. - Diagnosis and signposting helps relatives manage better and enables forward planning. - Encouraging a team approach including therapists and Social Services helps maintain a shorter stay and ability to return to the community more independently. - Introduction of John's campaign across all ward areas. - Review of signage across the building.

2. What are the challenges to delivering these outcomes from the perspective of your organisation?

The biggest challenges are; - A constantly changing workforce, which means we need to be continually training staff. - Lack of suitably trained staff available to deliver the teaching. - Time constraints put pressure on existing staff to deliver results within set timeframes. - Financial constraints. - Bed pressures often means patients are transferred between several clinical areas during one admission. - Working together constructively with the community and Social Care.

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