The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for England gives the number of people recorded on practice disease registers with a diagnosis of dementia. This register count is available only for the two latest releases of QOF, covering 2006-07 and 2007-08.
This information is available for health areas only; in this instance Bexley care trust and the London strategic health authority (SHA).
The number of people recorded on practice disease registers with a diagnosis of dementia for these organisations is shown in the following table:
2006-07 2007-08 Bexley care trust 878 900 London SHA 23,023 23,871 Note: QOF was introduced as part of the new general medical services contract on 1 April 2004. The published QOF information was derived from the Quality Management Analysis System which is a national system developed by NHS Connecting for Health.