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The Prime Minister’s drive to ramp up the number of patients GPs screen for dementia has led to thousands more elderly people wrongly suspecting they may have the condition, a Pulse investigation has revealed.
Data obtained from hospital trusts showed that the proportion of people without dementia referred to memory clinics jumped over 150% after the introduction of NHS targets for diagnosis.
The Government has hailed the campaign’s success in increasing dementia diagnosis rates, but leading GP experts have warned the rise in ‘false alarms’ means many older people and their families have been put through unnecessary anxiety, waiting three months for the all-clear.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinica...ncreased-false-alarms-by-150/20031246.article
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Data obtained from hospital trusts showed that the proportion of people without dementia referred to memory clinics jumped over 150% after the introduction of NHS targets for diagnosis.
The Government has hailed the campaign’s success in increasing dementia diagnosis rates, but leading GP experts have warned the rise in ‘false alarms’ means many older people and their families have been put through unnecessary anxiety, waiting three months for the all-clear.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinica...ncreased-false-alarms-by-150/20031246.article
(free registration required)