Attachment 3

VISION 2020 UK Dementia & Sight Loss Committee Meeting

26 April 2017

Matters Arising from 9 February 2017 Meeting

Item / Action / Member / Status
2.1.1
(28/09/16)
2.1.2
(28/09/16)
2.1.4
(28/09/16)
2.1.8
(28/09/16)
4.2
(30/11/16)
5(b)2
(30/11/16)
8.2
(30/11/16)
8.3
(30/11/16)
10.3
(30/11/16)
11.1
(30/11/17) / Minutes of last meeting and matters arising
Plans for presence at 2016/17 events
All to investigate conferences (including hearing loss sector) running in 2017 to ensure we are invited to these and can influence the programme.
GJ to look out for details on the Dementia Congress 2017.
Review of membership, documents, notices to be posted
GJ to chase Age UK to see if they have a lead person on dementia who can join the committee.
AOB
Postcards for eye tests – MBr to circulate to all adult version of [learning disability] postcards encouraging sight tests once completed.
Design work with the Design Council – similar project for DaSLC as done with Arthritis UK
EB to give PU contact details for the nurses group at St Georges Hospital to contact for involvement with the focus group.
Factsheets
MBr to contact RCN to get VISION 2020 UK dementia factsheets endorsed by them. To email to request information /
Plans for presence at 2016/17 events
MBr to contact Jill Rasmussen about attending the GP annual conference in 2018. (Submissions in by December 2017.)
PU to contact Julie Winter, NHS England about their tool including the The Royal College of Ophthalmologists quality standards.
Updates from members
MJ to write another letter to NICE who are updating their dementia guidelines following on from the team letter requesting dementia patients to get annual sight test following a diagnosis of cancer. This time to request NICE domiciliary sight tests be included in the guidelines.
Review of Membership, documents, notices to be posted
PU to contact Dr Alexander Foulkes, Chair of Association of British Neurologists Trainee Committee to welcome him to the committee and give him information about the committee. / ALL
GJ
GJ
MBr
EB
MBr
MBr
PU
MJ
PU / Ongoing
Complete (7-9 Nov)
Complete
(No response)
Complete
Complete
In progress
Agenda item for July
Complete
3.1
(09/02/17) / ‘Created out of Mind’ project update
SC to send TK link for weekly newsletter to circulate to all so everyone can subscribe to this. [Post meeting note: go to ‘Subscribe’ section on right hand side, bottom of page.] / SC / TK / Complete
4.1
(09/02/17)
4.2
(09/02/17) / Dementia conference at The Hub?
SC to enquire with UCL about getting the lecture theatre for free or at a reduced rate and checking its availability.
TK to email all requesting ideas for a dementia conference / event. / SC
TK / Complete
Complete
5.1
(09/02/17)
5.2
(09/02/17) / Design Council Spark project – update on meeting
PU to create a document stating the purpose of the sub-committee to be circulated to all to help decide whether or not to join the sub-committee.
SC to search transcripts of his videos with people with dementia for terms such as ‘problems’, ‘solutions’ etc to see if this highlights potential products to create. / PU
SC / Sub-committee set up March
In progress – research being analysed and report produced
9.1
(09/02/17)
9.2
(09/02/17) / Updates from members
TK to email all with request to send SC information for modules on the scope of the course, high level broad topics, learning objectives for different professions, potential audience etc.
PL to speak to Suzy England, OT to ask if she is able to offer any suggestions for SC’s modules. / TK
PL / Complete
In progress – Head of Research at TPT to discuss with Suzy
12.1
(09/02/17)
12.2
(09/02/17) / Draft updated Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) – inclusion of dementia or memory loss
MBr to contact Dr Catey Bunce to collect the data from the updated CVI forms once they are finalised on people with sight loss and dementia.
SM to contact Mark Godfrey to raise at the CVI committee the inclusion of the question ‘Do you have a diagnosis of dementia’ on the CVI forms for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. / MBr
SM / Pending finalisation of CVI form
Complete – question not added but can be noted under medical condition
16.1
(09/02/17)
16.2
(09/02/17) / AOB
SM to send MJ copy of the CQC report.
MJ offered to write to Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at CQC to request sight loss and getting sight test be included in their report as it is included in the Health Inspectorate Wales report. / SM
MJ / Complete
In progress – awaiting reply

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