Percentage of People Referred for Post-Diagnosis Support Who Received a Minimum of One Year's Support

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Scotland
Publishing Organisation
Public Health Scotland: Scotland Local Delivery Plan (LDP) Standards - Dementia post-diagnostic support
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of people referred for post-diagnosis support who received a minimum of one year's support coordinated by a link worker, including the building of a person-centred support plan.

Numerator

Number people referred for post-diagnosis support who received a minimum of one year's support coordinated by a link worker

Denominator

Number people referred for post-diagnosis support

Exclusions

PDS had not yet started, or had started and was completed before 12 months due to the following reasons: service user died, service user moved to a different health board area, service user terminated early or refused and service user no longer actively able to engage in PDS

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Age, deprivation (deprivation is calculated by matching postcodes to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles).

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

NHS Boards should provide quarterly data submissions to Public Health Scotland (PHS) containing information on individuals referred for post-diagnostic support in their local area via SFTP

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods

Public Health Scotland (PHS) release data at the national level and also for each contributing NHS board

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
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)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025