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.
  • 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.

  • 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.

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.

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
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