GPs and primary health care teams are often the first port of call for people worried about their memory, and are a gateway to early diagnosis and interventions.

This Briefing is designed to support GPs and primary health care teams to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia.

It promotes:

• people’s rights, and tackling stigma associated with dementia
• case finding approaches
• tools to support initial assessment
• tips for better coding and record keeping, and
• signposts to additional training and education resources.

Download Improving dementia care in primary care: 10 key steps for General Practice

The briefing is supplemented by additional resources, including:

• Improving diagnosis of dementia: 10 key steps for Commissioners and Clinical Commissioning Groups (South West Dementia Partnership, 2012)
• Diagnosing Dementia Guidance and Standards (South West Dementia Partnership, 2012)
• Dementia Care in Primary Care Toolkit (South West Dementia Partnership, 2012)