Dementia Care Plan Has Been Reviewed in the Last 12 Months (Denominator Incl. PCAs)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
UK Fingertips Dementia profile
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Person-Centred Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

The percentage of patients diagnosed with dementia whose care plan has been reviewed in a face-to-face review in the preceding 12 months

Numerator

Number of patients with dementia registered who have had their care reviewed (face-to-face) in the preceding 12 months.

Denominator

All patients on disease register with dementia (incl. Personalised Care Adjustments (PCAs)). Examples of PCAs could be patient or carer refusal of treatment, a patient cancels or does not attend a consultation appointment, or a GP's advice that two types of medication or treatment methodology should not be administered simultaneously.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data is collected for Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and is either automatically collected from the practice clinical records system through the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) or manually entered directly into the Calculating Quality Reporting Service, which is an approvals, reporting and payments calculation system for GP practices

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
04 November 2025