The National dementia and antipsychotic prescribing audit aims to gather information from primary care to establish a national picture of prescribing antipsychotic medication in people with dementia.

The results of the audit are now available within a National Summary, PCT level and GP level reports. Findings include:

• a 52% decrease in the rate of prescribing between 2008 and 2011.
• a decrease in prescriptions for antipsychotics in people newly diagnosed with dementia have also reduced from 14.25% in 2006 to 4.46% in 2011, which indicates that diagnosis is taking place much earlier.

Download:

• The National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit National Summary Report
• Appendix 1a – Data Items – Demographics Table
• Appendix 1b – Data Items – Prescription Table
• Appendix 2a – Diagnosis Codes
• Appendix 2b – Drug Codes
• Appendix 3 – Participation by SHA and PCT
• Appendix 4 – List of anonymised GP prevalence values (above 2.01 per cent)