Publication, Part of Recorded Dementia Diagnoses

Recorded Dementia Diagnoses - December 2018

Official statistics

Publication Date:: 15 Jan 2019
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: GP practices, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, Regions, Clinical Commissioning Regions
Date Range:: Snapshot on 31 Dec 2018

Summary

We collect and publish data about people with dementia at each GP practice, so that the NHS (GPs and commissioners) can make informed choices about how to plan their services around their patients needs.

This 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.