§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people suffer from Alzheimer's in(a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley; and what help and support is given to Alzheimer's (i) patients and (ii) carers in (A) Lancashire Teaching Hospital and (B) Chorley South Ribble Primary Care Trust. [177152]
§ Dr. LadymanInformation on the numbers of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease on a regional basis is not held centrally.
Dementia services across Lancashire Teaching Hospitals national health service trust is provided by the Lancashire Care Trust, which provides the following services:
consultant psychiatrist led outpatient clinics, with a memory assessment service, including the prescribing and monitoring of anti dementia drug therapy;nine in patient assessment beds on Hazelwood Ward, Chorley and South Ribble hospital;day hospital service at the Chorley and South Ribble hospital, where there are 25 places available for two days per week, including memory support;28 continuing care beds at Meadowbank Nursing Home;psychology services; andcommunity mental health teams which are staffed by five community psychiatric nurses and four support workers. These include dementia services within their workload.Within the Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT), the following help and support is available:
10 intermediate care rehabilitation beds at Charnley Fold, Bamber Bridge for people with dementia, provided jointly by Chorley and South Ribble PCT, Preston PCT and Lancashire county council social services. This service opened in April 2004. Following completion of refurbishment this service will move to Broadfield, Leyland.Chorley and South Ribble PCT funds a service by Crossroads, which was introduced in 2003 and based in the Beechurst Unit at Chorley district hospital, for people with early onset dementia and their carers.