In those patients with a new diagnosis of depression and assessment of severity recorded between the preceding 1 April to 31 March, the percentage of patients who have had a further assessment of severity 5 - 12 weeks (inclusive) after the initial recording of the assessment of severity. Both assessments should be completed using an assessment tool validated for use in primary care.

Organisation	Numerator	Denominator	Ratio	Centile
WESTERN CHESHIRE PCT	784	874	89.7%	98
BLACKPOOL PCT	1106	1292	85.6%	93
STOCKPORT PCT	1736	2036	85.3%	92
ASHTON	1846	2244	82.3%	84
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN TEACHING …	914	1122	81.5%	78
NORTH LANCASHIRE TEACHING PCT	2058	2544	80.9%	75
TRAFFORD PCT	1195	1561	76.5%	58
WIRRAL PCT	1784	2373	75.2%	53
UK	282293	375965	75.1%
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHESHIRE …	1805	2423	74.5%	50
NHS England	240042	322328	74.5%
EAST LANCASHIRE TEACHING PCT	1472	1988	74.0%	47
SALFORD PCT	1300	1766	73.6%	46
OLDHAM PCT	1062	1448	73.3%	42
NORTH WEST STRATEGIC HEALTH …	31532	43605	72.3%	30
BURY PCT	632	882	71.7%	35
HALTON AND ST HELENS …	1366	1922	71.1%	31
CUMBRIA TEACHING PCT	2284	3231	70.7%	28
WARRINGTON PCT	939	1337	70.2%	26
BOLTON PCT	1335	1921	69.5%	22
HEYWOOD	1235	1800	68.6%	20
KNOWSLEY PCT	705	1028	68.6%	19
LIVERPOOL PCT	1870	2773	67.4%	16
CENTRAL LANCASHIRE PCT	2447	3650	67.0%	15
SEFTON PCT	920	1392	66.1%	13
MANCHESTER PCT	2522	3939	64.0%	8
TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP PCT	1296	2103	61.6%	5

QOF database

NORTH WEST STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY

Data for DEP 3