NHS bosses in Wiltshire say they are making improvements to diagnosing dementia after finding patients waited up to 12 months.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists recommends that patients should wait no longer than six weeks for a formal diagnosis.
GP Magazine found that in 37 out of 97 Clinical Commiss-ioning Groups
(CCGs), patients waited more than six weeks for a formal diagnosis. In
Wiltshire, patients waited up to 12 months in 2012/13 because of a
backlog in cases and delays to CT scans.
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