This information was last checked on 14-Nov-2023.

What is this service?

The Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) service supports patients with dementia (and their carers) to improve their quality of life. Support offered includes:

• Holistic review of patient/carers needs
• Advice on management of physical, psychological and social issues
• Advice on crisis management
• Care planning
• Onward referral to other teams, such as community mental health teams (CMHT), where necessary

Criteria

• 18 years old and over
• Living at home (not in residential or nursing care homes)
• Registered with a GP in Lewisham or Southwark
• Formally diagnosed with a type of dementia

How to refer

👤 Patients can self-refer → call 020 3228 0939

📧 Email → DementiaCNS@slam.nhs.uk

Rejections, DNAs & other Quirks

• Appointments are likely to be held at home, unless this does not suit the patient
• Patients will be rejected if they are (or have been in the last 6 months) Care Coordinated under a secondary mental health service or CMHT
• The service can’t initiate medications, as their nurses aren’t prescribers

Contact info

🌐 Service Detail - South London and Maudsley (slam.nhs.uk)

☎️ 020 228 0921 (for queries and advice)

📧 DementiaCNS@slam.nhs.uk