Proportion of Patients Who Were Offered Any Post Diagnostic Intervention (Excluding Signposting)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia – Spotlight audit in community-based memory assessment services (2021)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of patients who were offered any post diagnostic intervention (excluding signposting)
Numerator
Number of patients who were offered any post diagnostic intervention (excluding signposting)
Denominator
Number of patients
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Case-Note audit
Frequency of Data Collection
Data collected as in a spotlight audit on community memory assessment services
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Public report, available from www.nationalauditofdementia.org.uk
Reporting Frequency
One off
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Royal College of Psychiatrists (2022) National Audit of Dementia - Memory Assessment Service Spotlight Audit 2021. London: Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. Available from: www.nationalauditofdementia.org.uk
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
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026