Dementia Partnerships
Improving the identification of people with dementia in
primary care
This journal article presents findings of work to develop guidance on the coding of dementia and reports on the impact of applying this to ‘clean up’ dementia coding and records at a practice level in London. Read more »
Improving GP coding of dementia in London
This project aimed to find out whether it is possible to raise diagnosis rates through undertaking an exercise to ‘clean up’ dementia coding and records at a practice level. The hypothesis was that problems in GP coding may be contributing to the reported dementia diagnosis gap. Read more »
This exercise devised by Dr Paul Russell aims to support GPs to identify problems in coding, which are contributing to low rates of dementia diagnosis on practice registers. Read more »
A team of GPs working to improve dementia care in London, with support from specialist experts, has put together this GP dementia coding guideline. Read more »