Dear Mumsnet
I’m posting here to let you know about a national audit of the care of people with dementia in general hospitals. As part of this we are collecting feedback from family and other carers about their experience during any recent hospital admission of a person they care for. 200 hospitals across England and Wales are participating in the audit. We aim for enough responses to provide each hospital with a score on the carer rated quality of care and the communication with the carer. We are also collecting comments which will be fed back to the hospitals.
The questionnaire is anonymous. If you would like to participate it can be found here: rcop.formic.com/WebForm.aspx?ID=8286C946DCBC4B6D90BA56EC78A049BD
You might also be given the questionnaire if you are visiting somebody in hospital over June, July and August.
General information about the audit and contact details can be found here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/workinpsychiatry/qualityimprovement/nationalclinicalaudits/dementia/nationalauditofdementia.aspx
We are based at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and work with the Royal Colleges of Nursing, Physicians and GPs, the Alzheimer’s Society, John’s Campaign and Dementia Action Alliance.
We are very keen to publicise the questionnaire as widely as possible. I’m hoping it will be okay to post here as it seems relevant to the experience of so many Mumsnetters. I will report my post so that it can be removed if necessary.
Many thanks
Chloë
PS if you complete the questionnaire you can also enter a prize draw to win a £50 voucher 