Official estimates of the number of people diagnosed with coronary heart disease in each year are not available. However, under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) of the General Medical Services contract, the total number of GP-registered patients with coronary heart disease is recorded. There are two years of data available as follows.
Number of patients on QOF coronary heart disease register as at 14 February: 2005 2006 Eastern HSSB 32,018 32,180 Northern HSSB 18,840 19,052 Southern HSSB 13,102 13,534 Western HSSB 10,961 11,222 Source: Payment Calculation and Analysis System.