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Written question asked by Tracey Crouch (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 June 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 June 2011. It was answered by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Depression: Kent

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with depression in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the numbers of people with a diagnosis of depression in England, the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority (SHA), Medway Primary Care Trust (PCT) and West Kent PCT.

Total number of people on general practitioner (GP) lists who are aged 18+ with a diagnosis of depression
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Number Number Number Percentage
England 4,112,548 4,373,974 4,648,287 10.9
South East Coast SHA 311,499 346,409 374,005 10.5
Medway PCT 10,158 14,329 17,807 8.3
West Kent PCT 37,562 44,940 48,534 8.9

These figures refer to patients aged 18+ on GP practice lists who are diagnosed with depression. Figures are taken from Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) registers. Depression was introduced to the QOF in 2006-07, and depression registers have been published by the NHS Information Centre since 2007-08. QOF depression registers were presented in 2009-10 for the first time as percentages of estimated numbers of people aged 18+ on GP lists. Source QOF data do not include the number of patients aged 18+ on GP lists, only total lists sizes, hence the need for estimates.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
62116; 530 c771W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Depressive illnesses Kent
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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