539 citizenshave dementia
THE amount of people in Londonderry registered with dementia rose from 461 to 539 over the past four years.
The Health Minister Edwin Poots revealed the increase and said the figures were taken from the Payment Calculation and Analysis System (PCAS).
He said: “The number of patients on the dementia register in Foyle constituency has been determined based on the location of the GP practices (GP postcodes) using Westminster Parliamentary Constituency 2008 boundaries.
“It should be noted that patients on the register may not reside in the constituency in which their practice is located.”