Publication, Part of Recorded Dementia Diagnoses

Recorded Dementia Diagnoses June 2021

Publication Date:: 22 Jul 2021
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: GP practices, Regions, Country, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Local Authorities
Date Range:: Snapshot on 30 Jun 2021

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 patient’s 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.

The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to unprecedented changes in the work and behaviour of General Practices and subsequently the data within this publication will be impacted, including indicators and contextual data from Patients Registered in a GP Practice.

This data is extracted through General Practice Extraction Service therefore the burden of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has not affected the data collection of this publication. The data has been impacted by COVID19, including the diagnosis rate (of those aged 65 or over estimated to have dementia have dementia) however we are unable to estimate the extent of the impact.

As such we urge caution in drawing any conclusions from these data without consideration of the country's circumstances as of 30th June 2021 and would recommend that any uses of these data are accompanied by an appropriate caveat.

Recorded dementia diagnosis rate

436,597 have a coded diagnosis of dementia as at 30th June 2021, an increase of 2,290 since 31st May 2021

Diagnosis rate in those aged 65 and over

61.9% of those aged 65 or over estimated to have dementia have a coded diagnosis of dementia as at 30th June 2021. An increase from 61.8% in May 2021

Medication reviews for people with a coded diagnosis of dementia

56,084 (12.8%) of those with a recorded diagnosis of dementia at 30th June 2021 had their medication reviewed by a GP in the preceding 12 months