What does it measure?
The National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit collects demographic and prescribing information on people with dementia from GP practices in England. The audit aims to provide a national picture of prescribing antipsychotic medication in people with dementia.
The data items collected include:
- NHS number
- patient date of birth
- patient sex
- patient postcode
- GP practice code
- diagnosis code
- diagnosis date
- prescribed drug (from the specified drug list)
- prescribed drug start date
- prescribed drug end date
The NHS number is essential for linking prescribing and complication data and allows the removal of duplicate records.
Who manages the audit?
In 2010, the Department of Health (DH) commissioned the NHS Information Centre to carry out a pilot DAP audit to generate data on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia in each primary care trust in England. Following the successful pilot, the audit was rolled out nationally in 2012. In 2013 DH commissioned the Health and Social Care Information Centre to re-run the national data collection.
The DAP Audit is supported by the National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns.
Last edited: 26 June 2018 1:19 pm