Timely Diagnosis: Timely Diagnosis: Where Do We Want To Go Where Do We Want To Go

And How Do We Get And How Do We Get There?There?

IntroductionIntroductionWho we are and how this all

began

What we’ve been doingWhat we’ve been doing

Mapping:- What we understand timely

diagnosis to mean- Who’s currently doing what to

promote timely diagnosis- What the perceived barriers are- What can be done to overcome

them

How we’ve been doing itHow we’ve been doing it

Structured interviews with 20+ leading DAA member organisationsRound tables (eg policy, research, care homes)Debates (eg people with dementia, carers, GPs)

APPGAPPG

We’ve been working closely with the APPG team – sharing notes, inviting them to round tables – and we expect to feed our output into their inquiry

Headline conclusionsHeadline conclusions

- Sell the benefits- - Education, education, education- - Pull the right levers

What happens next?What happens next?

Working out where we are is just the start of a journey.The next critical step is to work out where we want to get to. We have already started exploring best practice in places like South Staffs and Northern Ireland, and funding permitting, we hope this will be the subject of our next report

What happens after that?What happens after that?

By the time the APPG reports, we hope to be in a position to facilitate a fully fledged DAA campaign to promote timely diagnosis within a health and social care framework that is focussed on the needs of the person, not the system

Cart, meet horseCart, meet horse

First, though, we need your guidance as to how best to wrap up the first phase of the work – what form the final report should take, and how it can best support the DAA’s contribution to the APPG inquiry.