Understanding dementia memory services across London

This reports details the results of the clinical audit carried out on London dementia memory services by the Dementia CN’s Effective diagnosis work stream.

The audit found substantial variation between services, and the report provides recommendations to address this and improve practice.

Understanding dementia memory services across London
June 2016
London Clinical Networks

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The IDEAL Collaboration

"The IDEAL Collaboration is an initiative to improve the quality of research in surgery... IDEAL is a set of recommendations for the evidence-based practice of surgery. It is geared towards participants in all stages of gathering and using evidence for the ultimate goal of improving outcomes for patients."

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Use of a validated screening tool for psoriatic arthritis in dermatology clinics

"We wanted to implement a robust system of screening for PA [psoriatic arthritis] in both psoriasis and general dermatology clinics in accordance with NICE guidelines which would be sustainable and reduce potential missed cases of the disease."

Use of a validated screening tool for psoriatic arthritis in dermatology clinics

B Ganatra, D Manoharan, V Akhras
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u203335.w2644

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Evidence for Success: The guide to getting evidence and using it

"This guide is for anyone who wants to use evidence to improve policy and practice, regardless of the level of experience they have in doing so. Therefore, it is intended that this guide will also be of value to a wide range of stakeholders including: 

• practitioners 
• service managers 
• funders and commissioners 
• policy makers and planners."

Evidence for Success: The guide to getting evidence and using it 
Knowledge Translation Network
August 2014

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Positive deviance: a different approach to achieving patient safety

"The focus on error detection and its management has not produced the expected gains in patient safety, primarily because these methods are not well suited to a complex adaptive system such as healthcare. Behaviours that produce errors are variations on the same processes that produce success, so focusing on successful practices may be a more effective tactic."

Positive deviance: a different approach to achieving patient safety
R Lawton, N Taylor, R Clay-Williams, J Braithwaite
BMJ Quality and Safety, 4 July 2014 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003115

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Evidence summaries (decision boxes) to prepare clinicians for shared decision-making with patients

"Decision boxes (Dboxes) provide clinicians with research evidence about management options for medical questions that have no single best answer. Dboxes fulfil a need for rapid clinical training tools to prepare clinicians for clinician-patient communication and shared decision-making. We studied the barriers and facilitators to using the Dbox information in clinical practice"

Evidence summaries (decision boxes) to prepare clinicians for shared decision-making with patients: a mixed methods implementation study
AMC Giguere et al.
Implementation Science 2014, 9:144

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