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.
- Newcastle University Driving with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment Consensus Guidelines, published 29/11/2018.
- Young Onset Dementia Mobile App created by NHS Leicestershire Health Informatics Service and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
- 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.
- Dementia UK: a community of people living with young onset dementia, their family and friends, and professionals from the health and social care and the voluntary sector.
University of Sheffield Dementia Information Pack (8th edition) published August 2019.
- 3 Nations Dementia Working Group. The group welcomes anyone with a diagnosis of dementia who lives in England, Northern Ireland or Wales. The aim is to become the ‘go to’ group within the three nations (of England, Northern Ireland and Wales) for anyone seeking input from people with dementia.
- Young Onset Dementia Mobile App created by NHS Leicestershire Health Informatics Service and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
- Caring for a person with dementia: A practical guide. Published Feb 2019 by the Alzheimer's Society.
- 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.
- Dementia UK: a community of people living with young onset dementia, their family and friends, and professionals from the health and social care and the voluntary sector.
National reports
We are pleased to share our MSNAP National Report (2023) for the Memory Service National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP) which collates data gathered from peer review visits of memory services from 2021-2023.
The report focuses on compliance against our standards, contextual information (such as caseload sizes and waiting times), good practice examples as well as service member testimonials and feedback from the reviews.
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.
The following resources are examples of best practice sourced from MSNAP member services. If you would like to submit an example of best practice or request one not listed below, please contact MSNAP@rcpsych.ac.uk.
- Guide for carers, families and friends of people living with dementia (uploaded February 2019)
- Memory clinic feedback survey (uploaded January 2019)
- Clinic information leaflet (uploaded January 2019)
- Patient personalised letter
- GP editable letter
- Letter for carer
- Sample of patient and carer questionnaire
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:
- Issue 24 - August 2023
- Issue 23 - December 2022
- Issue 22 - August 2022
- Issue 21 - December 2021
- Issue 20, August 2021
- Issue 19, August 2019
- Issue 18, January 2019
- August 2017
- December 2016
- August 2016
Please contact us if you would like copies of older issues of the newsletter.
Knowledge Hub is an online discussion platform which allows MSNAP members to:
- Ask questions, have conversations and share experiences
- Share ideas for good practice and trouble-shooting problems
- Upload documents, resources or guidance
- Access recordings and presentations of MSNAP events
- Book your place for upcoming events
- Access a list of members on the group for direct networking
Take Part
If you’re an MSNAP member and would like to take part, simply email ‘Join’ to MSNAP@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 Queries discussed
Below are examples of past queries which our members have discussed:
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST)
- Young onset dementia support
- Cognitive testing
- Interpretation of brain scans
- Dementia cafes
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) protocol
- Driving and dementia
- Neuroimaging
- GP liaison
- Research
- Reminiscence groups
- Advance care planning