Characterising inequalities in accessing primary care psychological therapies services for people living with dementia: the example of NHS talking therapies in England
Pathways to accessing primary care psychological therapy services must be made more accessible for people living with dementia. Better access could be achieved by increasing referrer awareness and training for staff within services to promote access for people living with dementia (especially for groups under-represented in services), better understanding how to involve care partners in the process, as well as when specialist support might be more suited in secondary care. More granularity in the medical coding of rarer dementia diagnoses in electronic health records would also allow for better statistically powered research for these groups.
Authors
- Claudia Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-7616)
- Natalie L. Marchant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0669-6910)
- Roopal Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4221-1546)
- Amber John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8207-7698)
- Caroline Fearn
- Nikki Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4710-5470)
- Sebastian J. Crutch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-0139)
- Stephen Pilling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-8202)
- Marcus Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9191-2192)
- Céline El Baou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-1835)
- Emilie Brotherhood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-7735)
- Joshua E. J. Buckman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2281-0907)
- Rob Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7077-8729)
- G Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5005-1859)
- Joshua Stott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-053X)
- Valerie Mansfield
Institutions
- University College Lahore (PK)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796025100309
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00