Dementia patients being forced to wait up to two years for a diagnosis, damning study reveals

Patients have to wait up to two years for the diagnosis of dementia in what a report defines as “government failure ..

Charity Care England’s report says there are serious challenges in the diagnosis gaps, significant regional inequalities and maintenance coordination.

Review, which is called the current dementia diagnostic and care status in the UK, adds that in 2019, the 34 -week maximum waiting time, the UK is referred to the diagnosis of the two -year sign.

The average waiting period from the advice to the diagnosis of dementia increases more than one third in 2019 from 13 weeks to 17.7 weeks.

Care England, a registered charity, representing independent providers of adult social care, means that the findings cannot provide timely and effective strategies to address the increasing demand for dementia services ”.

The aid organization calls for a “combined national strategy, improved demented labor training and sufficient sustainable financing”.

He argues that dementia care will continue to deteriorate without intervention due to the predicted increase of demographic orbits, aging population and care and support.

Professor Martin Green, General Manager of Care England, urged national leaders to consider dementia as a priority.

He said: “People living in dementia and professionals who look at them are often traveling in a reagent, inadequate finance and discrete system.

“This report is a call to redesign this system from scratch, which needs a commitment to deal with national leadership, long -term investment and dementia as a priority, not subsequently.

“Behind each statistics, if there is previous diagnosis and more coordinated care, the journey with dementia may be better.

“We need leadership, investment and urgency – as a society, we owe it to approximately one million people who live before the crisis, support every stage of the journey and provide dignity, not inequality.”

The investigation pointed out certain changes introduced to improve dementia care.

These include a national standardized way of diagnostic, a national education standard and maintenance providers at every stage of dementia maintenance and provisions for national education.

The report also requires a dementia accounting framework as part of the accountability framework.

Jill Quinn, CEO of the Help Dementia Forward, claims that the current system leads to inequality in the treatment of dementia

He said: “Without a national dementia strategy and uniform approach, not only creating dangerous gaps in support and care, but also we cannot improve life and ultimately life.

“Our hope is that we can work together to create a system that helps people, avoids crises and improves lives.”