Emergency admissions for people with dementia in Nottinghamshire is on the rise

The new data published by Alzheimer’s Society reveals the strain on the NHS of people with dementia unnecessarily ending up in hospitals, which the charity blames on the collapsing social care system.

Across England, the latest statistics show there were 379,000 emergency admissions, up by almost 100,000 over the same period.

The number of people with dementia who end up stranded in hospital for up to a year after an emergency admission in England also rose six per cent from 2012/13, with 40,000 people with dementia stuck longer than a month in 2017/18.

Jeremy Hughes, Alzheimer’s Society’s chief executive, said: “People with dementia are all too often being dumped in hospital and left there for long stays. Many are only admitted because there’s no social care support to keep them safe at home.

“They are commonly spending more than twice as long in hospital as needed, confused and scared. This costs the NHS millions of pounds for the want of properly funded social care.”

“The estimated 850,000 people with dementia and their families across the UK heard the Prime Minister’s promise to fix social care. They expect action.”

To sign up to the Alzheimer’s Society’s Fix Dementia Care campaign visit www.alzheimers.org.uk/fix.