MSNAP resources

On this page you can find our national reports, newsletters, examples of best practice and Memory-Chat discussion topics.

If you’re a current MSNAP member, and would like examples copies of policies or guidance in order to help you meet MSNAP standards, please email us at msnap@rcpsych.ac.uk to request them.

  • The deMEntia blog: easy to use resources to support cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) approaches with younger people who are living with dementia. 
  • Adapt films created by YoungDementia UK to help educate and inform people about young onset dementia.  We hope they will be of particular use and interest to people who have been newly diagnosed and those who support them.

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  • Adapt films created by YoungDementia UK to help educate and inform people about young onset dementia.  We hope they will be of particular use and interest to people who have been newly diagnosed and those who support them.
  • Next Steps created by Dementia Change Action Network to support people who are waiting for a memory assessment appointment.

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National Reports

The MSNAP National Report takes note of the recent findings from the national accreditation programme, including details of awarded accreditations, common areas for improvement, patient and carer themes, and anonymised benchmarked data.

It also includes developments in MSNAP and our goals for the future.

Commonly Unmet Standards Report

This report looks at a number of MSNAP standards which are commonly unmet by memory services undergoing a peer review. The report details the reasons why these areas are commonly unmet and provides some suggested recommendations for how to evidence these.

We have aggregated data from 26 memory services that took part in the MSNAP peer review process from January 2021 to July 2022.

We hope that services can use this report to address any standards that are currently unmet.

 

Has your team done or achieved something that you’d like to share? We’d love to hear from you!

We’re always on the lookout for work to include in our MSNAP newsletters. If you’d like to submit an article, please email MSNAP@rcpsych.ac.uk.

Previous newsletters can be accessed below:

Please contact us if you would like copies of older issues of the newsletter.

Memory-Chat is an email discussion group which allows MSNAP members to:

  • Share ideas for good practice and trouble-shooting problems
  • Request information on policies, practice and service development plans
  • Discuss standards, data collection and other aspects of MSNAP membership
  • Inform colleagues of peer review opportunities, events, publications and job vacancies

Take Part

If you’re an MSNAP member and would like to take part, simply email ‘Join’ to Memory-Chat@rcpsych.ac.uk with your role and which service you work for, and we’ll send you a welcome email with instructions of how to participate.

Past Memory-Chat Queries

Below are examples of past Memory-Chat queries. If you’re an MSNAP member and would like access to the responses to any of these queries, please email us at Memory-Chat@rcpsych.ac.uk.

  • Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST)
  • Job descriptions and competencies
  • Young onset dementia support
  • Cognitive testing
  • Interpretation of brain scans
  • Dementia cafes
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) protocol
  • Driving and dementia
  • Neuroimaging
  • Service specification
  • GP liaison
  • Research
  • Reminiscence groups
  • Advance care planning
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