Projects
We have an agreed programme of work that DeNPRU-QM will deliver during its first three years. Here you can read a summary of each project. If you would like to find out more about a particular project please contact us.
Project 1: Informing equitable implementation of the NHS digital health check
Led by Professor Naaheed Mukadam. Background: Since 2018, NHS Health Checks have aimed to help people aged 40-74 look after their health, including reducing their dementia risk. But people from…
Project 2: Consensus workshop on public health policy for dementia risk reduction
Led by Professor Charles Marshall. Background: The Lancet Commission on Dementia prevention, intervention and care shows that various lifestyle factors and medical conditions may increase the risk of developing dementia….
Project 3: Addressing systems to ensure timely and equitable access to emerging fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s dementia
Led by Professor Camille Carroll. Background: Blood tests and other “biomarkers” (tests to show how the body is working) are not routinely used to diagnose diseases like Alzheimer’s, except for…
Project 4: Learning from Multiple Sclerosis – system readiness for Alzheimer’s dementia disease modifying treatments
Led by Professor Greta Rait and Professor Ruth Dobson. Background: As disease modifying therapies for dementia emerge, services will need to be redesigned to ensure that people who are eligible…
Project 5: Neurodegenerative conditions and co-occurring conditions – setting priorities
Led by Professor Ruth Dobson. Background: Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s often coincide with other health issues, known as comorbidities, which can worsen outcomes. These comorbidities can lead to…
Project 6: Identifying policy levers to improve delirium care for people in England
Led by Professor Liz Sampson. Background: Delirium is a serious change in mental abilities. It results in confused thinking and a lack of awareness of someone’s surroundings. The disorder usually…
Project 7: Policy support for improvements to care for people with cognitive impairment (dementia and neurodegenerative disease) admitted to acute hospitals
Led by Professor Liz Sampson. Background: Individuals with cognitive impairment due to dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases are often admitted to hospital, just like those with normal cognitive function. However,…
Project 8: Improving the quality of dementia/NDD-specific education for the multidisciplinary health and care workforce: evidence review to inform future policy
Led by Professor Claudia Cooper. Background: Caring for individuals with dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases demands specific knowledge and skills. Understanding how this expertise is taught and acquired, from undergraduate…
Project 9: Equality of access to social care needs assessments in people with dementia and neurodegenerative diseases
Led by Dr Clarissa Giebel. Background: Social Care Needs Assessments help to provide access to vital social support for people living with dementia. They are conducted by Local Authority adult…
Project 10: How are the health and social care costs of dementia impacted by the intersection of inequality and ethnicity?
Led by Professor Rachael Hunter. Background: Like the rest of the population, people living with dementia use healthcare in different ways. Some people rely more on planned care (such as…
Project 11: Looking back to inform more equitable, future care – survey of older people’s mental health and memory services in England: service configurations and reconfigurations over last decade
Led by Professor Sube Banerjee. Background: The diagnosis and aftercare of dementia in England are primarily managed by a network of locally commissioned memory services, which have grown since the…