Five Year Strategy 2022-2027

Last year marked the 21^st birthday of HEDN, and over the last 12 months we have been working hard to develop a new HEDN strategy.

HEDN began in June 2000 when educators from a small number of HEIs and other interested parties involved in delivering the ENB (English National Board) 11 post-registration nursing course, met to discuss coverage of dementia within its content. HEDN was supported by and worked in partnership with national charity Dementia UK during this period. Since then, its remit and breadth has expanded considerably. Today, HEDN acts to provide substantive support and capacity building for its members to address challenges in the field of dementia education and contribute to the evidence base for high quality dementia education and training.

Over the next five years, our aspiration is that HEDN will continue to play a key role in ongoing dementia education research and pedagogical development within HEIs. To achieve this. the membership has developed this strategy document, which sets out a range of activities across eight areas of strategic priority. These will be delivered by the membership to meet these aims for our network.

In order to achieve our strategic goals, between 2022-2027, a series of sub-groups will collaboratively review, address and act on our strategic areas of priority. HEDN will also act to provide ongoing support, leadership and cross-institution collaboration to facilitate this engagement.

HEDN Strategy 2022-2027

You can download the strategy in full via the link – an overview of the strategic areas are presented below.