Dementia Action AllianceQuarterly Event

Focus on Delirium and dementia in

Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Communities

2nd September 2013

Board updateDementia Action Alliance

Simon Kitchen,Lead Executive,

2nd September 2013

Purpose of the Board• Guide the work of the Alliance• Maintain the independence of Alliance• Oversee the development of Alliance priorities• Ensure the Alliance is on a secure financial footing• Rotate the chairing of Alliance events• Set membership criteria• Approve (with Alliance staff) areas of joint work

conducted under the name of the Alliance• Agree work plan of staff and monitor performance

Board members

• Prof Dawn Brooker – Worcester University – Research representative

• Gill Ayling – Department of Health – Statutory sector representative• Prof Graham Stokes – Bupa – Private sector representative• Jeremy Hughes – Alzheimer’s Society – Not for profit sector

representative and host organisation• Peter Dunlop – Person living with dementia representative• Peter Watson – Carer representative• Sharon Blackburn – National Care Forum – Not for profit sector

representative

New Board members

• Karen Harrison Denning – Dementia UK – Clinicial representative• Heather Gilling – Dementia Support South Lincolnshire – Local

representative• Daniel Snipe – PWC – Treasurer

• Prof. Alistair Burns – NHS England – invited as Statutory representative

Key decision

• Approval of the Governance Framework (on website)

• Approval of Lead Executive Objectives

• To undertake public affairs work ahead of the General Election

General Election

This will be done through:

a) Running umbrella events for the main parties

b) Prioritising asks for manifesto commitments

c) Ensuring politicians don’t think that dementia is ‘fixed’

Proposed ‘asks’

‘Post diagnostic support’

‘Breaking down the post code lottery’

Other updates

• Annual Report contributions• Carers Call to Action – request for health and

well being board dissemination• Right Care Webinar Programme• DAA / Housing LIN Call to Action• Alzheimer’s Society survey of people’s

experience of living with dementia