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Dementia: Lancashire

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Information is not available in the format requested.

Information on the number of patients on the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia register and the raw prevalence rate for the specified organisations are shown in the following tables.

Data are shown for each of the last eight years only due to the inclusion of dementia on the QOF register from 2006-07.

Number of patients on the QOF dementia register, and the raw prevalence rate for East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and East Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT).

East Lancashire	Number of practices	Total list size	Dementia register counts	Dementia prevalence rates
East Lancashire CCG
31 March 2014	59	371,608	2,323	0.63%
31 March 2013	61	367,891	2,197	0.60%
East Lancashire PCT
31 March 2012	65	386,187	2,183	0.57%
31 March 2011	67	388,324	1,975	0.51%
31 March 2010	67	388,267	1,848	0.48%
31 March 2009	65	388,345	1,715	0.44%
31 March 2008	65	387,543	1,774	0.46%
31 March 2007	65	386,260	1,744	0.45%

Number of patients on the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia register, and the raw prevalence rate for the whole of Lancashire.

All Lancashire	Number of practices	Total list size	Dementia register counts	Dementia prevalence rates
Lancashire Area Team1
31 March 2014	231	1,519,892	10,408	0.68%
31 March 2013	235	1,520,393	9,655	0.64%
Total of Lancashire PCTs2
31 March 2012	237	1,520,588	8,933	0.59%
31 March 2011	240	1,514,700	8,046	0.53%
31 March 2010	244	1,514,483	7,538	0.50%
31 March 2009	243	1,513,166	7,118	0.47%
31 March 2008	244	1,505,934	6,911	0.46%
31 March 2007	248	1,497,074	6,812	0.46%

Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)

Notes:

1. Data are shown for each of the last eight years due to the inclusion of dementia on the QOF register from only 2006-07.
2. Data are not available by constituency but are shown by East PCT and East Lancashire CCG due to NHS organisational changes in 2013.
3. Data are for all patients.
4. The number of people recorded on practice disease registers is available in the QOF, published by the HSCIC. The numbers of diagnoses are not available but the numbers of people on the dementia register are available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence.
5. The number of patients on clinical registers can be used to calculate disease prevalence, expressing the number of patients on each register as a percentage of the number of patients on practices’ lists. Therefore ‘raw prevalence’ for a clinical area is defined as: Raw prevalence = (number on clinical register / number on practice list) * 100
6. The objective of the QOF is to improve the quality of care patients are given by rewarding practices for the quality of care they provide to their patients. QOF is therefore an incentive payment scheme. Participation by practices is entirely voluntary, though participation rates are high.
7. As QOF registers are constructed to underpin indicators on quality of care, they do not necessarily equate to prevalence as may be defined by epidemiologists. For example, prevalence figures based on QOF registers may differ from prevalence figures from other sources because of coding or definitional issues.
8. The Lancashire Area Team consists of:

- NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG

- NHS Blackpool CCG

- NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG

- NHS East Lancashire CCG

- NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG

- NHS Greater Preston CCG

- NHS Lancashire North CCG

- NHS West Lancashire CCG

9. The Lancashire PCTs making up the totals are:

- Blackburn with Darwen PCT

- Blackpool PCT

- Central Lancashire PCT

- East Lancashire Teaching PCT (previously East Lancashire PCT)

- North Lancashire Teaching PCT (previously North Lancashire PCT)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

216305

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Dementia Diagnosis Lancashire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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