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Publication, Part of

Primary Care Dementia Data, March 2023

Official statistics

Publication Date:
11 May 2023
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
GP practices, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Integrated Care Boards, Regions, Country, Local Authorities, Government Office Regions
Date Range:
01 Apr 2022 to 31 Mar 2023

SNOMED code incorrectly used for February and March 2023

As part of the January 2023 code release an additional SNOMED code was incorrectly added to the refset which is used to identify patients with a recorded dementia diagnosis. This code has now been removed from the refset however a small proportion of patients will have been incorrectly identified as having dementia within the data for March 2023.

1 March 2023 00:00 AM

Delay to release of April 2023 data

Please note that the next publication in this series previously scheduled for release on 25th May 2023 has been delayed due to issues with data collection. April 2023 data is now scheduled to be published on 8th June 2023.

11 May 2023 09:30 AM

Error in 'Care plans, assessments and referrals by age band and GP practice' March 2023 csv

An error was identified in the DIAG_Received_Med_Rev field (Number of patients with a record of receiving a dementia care plan or dementia care plan review in the last 12 months, who received a medication review since 1 April of the reporting year) within the 'Care plans, assessments and referrals by age band and GP practice' March 2023 csv. 

This error has been corrected and the csv republished. No other fields or files within the publication were impacted.

1 June 2023 09:30 AM

Page contents

Summary

NHS England collect and publish data about people with dementia at each GP practice in England, to enable NHS GPs and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services around patients’ needs.

The publication includes the rate of dementia diagnosis. As not everyone with dementia has a formal diagnosis, this statistic compares the number of people thought to have dementia with the number of people diagnosed with dementia, aged 65 and over. Where current monthly data for a GP practice is unavailable, the most recent data available are used (up to a maximum of 6 months).

Prior to October 2022, dementia data were collected via the dementia data core contract service and published as the "Recorded Dementia Diagnoses" series.

The "Primary Care Dementia Data" publication series supersedes the "Recorded Dementia Diagnoses" series. Data for the period April 2022 – October 2022 were collected under both services, but the data are not comparable. This is due to the retrospective application of codes to patient records and changes in patient registration, as well as differences in coverage and the specification of several the counts.

Refer to the ‘Related Links’ for the data quality page where details on these changes can be found.

Key Facts

Recorded dementia diagnosis

448,776 patients had a recorded diagnosis of dementia on 31 March 2023, an increase of 10,563 patients since 28 February 2023

Diagnosis rate in those aged 65 and over

63.0% of patients aged 65 or over who are estimated to have dementia, had a recorded diagnosis of dementia on 31 March 2023, an increase from 62.0% on 28 February 2023

Medication reviews

266,239 (59.3%) of those with a recorded diagnosis of dementia on 31 March 2023 had their medication reviewed between 01 April 2022 and 31 March 2023

Last edited: 2 June 2023 1:50 pm