Medication Reviews
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
UK Primary Care Dementia Data
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing
Defining Attributes
Definition
Medication reviews.
Numerator
Number of patients with a recorded diagnosis of dementia and a record of receiving a medication review in the preceding 12 months.
Denominator
Number of patients with a recorded diagnosis of dementia.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Age, sex, ethnicity, dementia type and residential type, different level of NHS geographies.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Collected automatically from GP clinical systems by the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) as part of the Core GP Contract service from 2022-23 (data previously collected under the Dementia Data contract service).
Frequency of Data Collection
Monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
30
Reporting Methods
Reported on NHS digital, digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/primary-care-dementia-data.
Reporting Frequency
Monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
30
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
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
12 March 2025
Actions
Date Modified 12 March 2025