English National Health Service General Practitioner Contract, Enhanced Service Specifications: Dementia Identification Scheme

On October 1, 2014, the English National Health Service (NHS) launched new six-month dementia diagnosis initiative to pay general practitioners (GPs) about $90 (£55 ) for every patient they diagnose with dementia. The pay-for-diagnosis initiative runs through March 31, 2015. The goal is to reward GPs for improving patient care and early diagnosis of dementia in primary care. To participate, GPs were required to sign up by September 30, 2014, and provide an achievement plan to their area team and their clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) by November 17, 2014 . . .