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NHS Greater Manchester Leads the Way in Dementia Diagnosis

Greater Manchester is setting the standard for dementia diagnosis, being the top performing region in the North West for dementia diagnosis and second best in the whole of England

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Working to make dementia and delirium data easier to access and understand

By using Greater Manchester’s advanced data tools Dementia United and the Greater Manchester Data, Insight and Intelligence team are aiming to create clear and useful insights that improve care and outcomes for people living with dementia and delirium across the region.

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Free weekly dementia Music Cafes in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs

Can you help us to support even more people living with dementia and their family carers across Greater Manchester in 2025?

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Improving dementia care in Greater Manchester: Stockport’s quality standards workshop

There was a good turnout recently when colleagues from around Stockport recently came together at a workshop that was held to set aside some focused time with a wide range of partners involved in providing services for those affected by Dementia.

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Music in Mind: Weekly dementia music cafés across Greater Manchester

These music sessions are free for people living with dementia and their carers to attend and provide a joyous and inclusive environment enabling people with dementia to express themselves through music.

Lewy Body Society ambassador Christopher Biggins, Scarf For Lewy founder Vicky Hands, Lewy Body Society CEO Jacqui Cannon and some of the mile of scarves knitted for Lewy Body Society’s Scarf for Lewy at Manchester’s historic Central Hall. They are standing on a balcony with lots of scarves draped over the edge and there are many of the knitters standing behind them

A mile of scarves and smiles a mile wide at Lewy Body Society’s Scarf for Lewy Manchester

Manchester’s Central Hall got a warm woolly hug as it was wrapped in a mile of scarves for Lewy body dementia. Hundreds of supporters from Manchester to Margate knitted more than a thousand scarves for the Lewy Body Society event on Thursday, October 17.