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Should Dementia be diagnosed in primary or secondary Care? Dr Seamus V McNulty Consultant Psychiatrist and Chair, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
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Should Dementia be diagnosed in primary or secondary Care?
Dr Seamus V McNultyConsultant Psychiatrist and
Chair, Faculty of Old Age PsychiatryRoyal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
Secondary Care
Secondary Care
Secondary Care
Primary Care
Primary Care
Primary Care
New GP Contract
• We are arguing for a physican-led primary healthcare team – it doesn’t mean you’re the boss because you don’t employ the team but you should be leading how to achieve the outcomes, providing expert medical support to those team members – Allan McDevitt, Chair Scottish GP committee of BMA
• “Specialist Generalist :
Old Age Psychiatrists• Lead multidisciplinary teams in the
assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of Dementia
Primary vs Secondary Care
• Argument should not be about primary versus secondary care but about a deliberate blurring of the distinction.
• Move more of secondary care services into the communities they serve!
