Patients on statin or lipid lowering therapy - ICP Outcomes Framework - Registered Locality

This dataset presents the percentage of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) who are recorded as being on statin or other lipid-lowering therapy. It is based on data from the CVDPREVENT audit and includes patients aged 18 and over with GP-recorded diagnoses of coronary heart disease (CHD), non-haemorrhagic stroke, transient ischaemic attack (TIA), or peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Rationale

Effective management of cholesterol is a key component of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. Statins and other lipid-lowering therapies are widely recommended for reducing the risk of further cardiovascular events. This indicator helps assess how well lipid management is being implemented in primary care for patients with established CVD.

Numerator

The numerator is the number of patients from the denominator group who have a recorded prescription for lipid-lowering therapy within the seven months prior to the audit end date.

Denominator

The denominator includes all patients aged 18 and over with a GP-recorded diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, defined narrowly to include CHD, non-haemorrhagic stroke, TIA, or PAD.

Caveats

CVDPREVENT provides a large but incomplete picture of patients with GP-recorded CVD in England. Patients who have opted out of sharing their identifiable data for purposes beyond their own care are not included in the audit, which may slightly underrepresent the true population.

External References

More information is available from the following source:

• CVDPREVENT Data Explorer

Localities Explained

This dataset contains data based on either the resident locality or registered locality of the patient, a distinction is made between resident locality and registered locality populations:

• Resident Locality refers to individuals who live within the defined geographic boundaries of the locality. These boundaries are aligned with official administrative areas such as wards and Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs).
• Registered Locality refers to individuals who are registered with GP practices that are assigned to a locality based on the Primary Care Network (PCN) they belong to. These assignments are approximate—PCNs are mapped to a locality based on the location of most of their GP surgeries. As a result, locality-registered patients may live outside the locality, sometimes even in different towns or cities.

This distinction is important because some health indicators are only available at GP practice level, without information on where patients actually reside. In such cases, data is attributed to the locality based on GP registration, not residential address.

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