Hundreds or even thousands of people in Hillingdon could benefit from a £230,000 cash injection into dementia diagnosis.

The money, allocated by the GP-led Hillingdon Care Commissioning Group (CCG), will be spent on services to assess patient memory.

A total of 1,596 patients in Hillingdon were diagnosed with dementia in 2014/15, which is 0.53% of people registered with GPs in the borough.

'Your NHS is diagnosing more people with dementia'

Chair of the CCG, Dr Ian Goodman, said: “Hillingdon CCG is making support for people with dementia and their carers a high priority.

“Our investment in memory assessment services means your NHS is diagnosing more people with dementia.”

The memory assessments will be targeted at people finding they are increasing forgetful, including losing everyday objects like keys, and are becoming frustrated or isolated as a result.

Hillingdon CCG is also holding eight days of dementia awareness training between June and December this year.

The days, open to all front-of-house and clinical staff across health and social services, will train people to recognise the signs of dementia an improve diagnosis rates.

Dementia related plans

A bespoke dementia resource centre is also set to be up and running in 2017.

And in November, both carers and families will be able to put their thoughts across in a masterclass, attended by GP s, clinical staff from Central North West London NHS Trust, carers and the Alzheimer's Society.

All of these events are developed by the CCG alongside Hillingdon Council , Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the voluntary sector.

Hillingdon CCG is the group responsible for buying health services across the borough and is led by local GP s and healthcare professionals.