Delirium: Implementing The New NICE Quality Standard

Venue: Hallam Conference Centre
44 Hallam Street
London
W1W 6JJ

Date: 9 Dec 2014

Synopsis: On July 24th 2014, NICE published the New Quality Standard for Delirium to assist health and social care drive-up the quality of delirium management in hospital and care home settings. The standards cover: assessment; prevention; use of antipsychotic medication; communicating the diagnosis; information and support to those who have delirium and their carers. This timely conference will focus on the new Quality Standard and how to implement the standard in practice in your service.

Details:

The conference aims, through policy updates, case studies and extended sessions to share best evidence and good practice in the assessment and management delirium.

“Delirium is probably the commonest complication of hospitalisation in older people and has a high prevalence in those in long-term care.”
Dr Duncan Forsyth   Consultant Geriatrician  Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  & Member Delirium Guideline Development Group National Institute of Health  and Care  Excellence (NICE)

Further information is available on the NICE website.

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URL:
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/delirium-nice-quality-standard

Contact:
Kerry Tarrant Healthcare Conferences UK 01932 429933 kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk