Multiple sclerosis - number of consultations

The chart below shows the estimated numbers of consultations in Scotland for multiple sclerosis for the four financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07, by staff discipline. Figures are standardised by age, sex and deprivation to account for any differences in these characteristics between the PTI sample population and the Scottish practice population.

The chart shows that after a drop in 2004/05 the estimated number of contacts with GPs for Multiple Sclerosis has been fairly stable over the last three years. District nurses appear to have a large part of the patient care for Multiple Sclerosis patients, as can be seen for the years 2003/04 to 2005/06. The involvement of practice nurses was very small but seems to be increasing.

These figures and comparable figures for 2003/04 to 2005/06 are also provided in tabular format in an Excel document   (21KB).

Multiple sclerosis¹ - estimated number of consultations in Scotland in the financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07 ^{2, 3}  
by staff discipline

* Health visitor and district nurse data are not available for the financial year 2006/07.
¹ Based on ISD's Read Code Grouping (RCG) 'Multiple sclerosis'.
² Based on 45, 44, 44 and 45 PTI practices that submitted complete data for the years ending 31 March 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Figures are standardised by age, gender and deprivation.
³ Population source: Community Health Index (CHI) record, as at 30 September 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Note: Following a substantial review of PTI data and subsequent revisions to the methodology for all PTI analyses, direct comparisons with figures produced prior to 27th March 2007 are not valid.  See the Note of Revisions for further information.

Source: Practice Team Information (PTI), ISD Scotland (last updated 25 March 2008)

Related information - Multiple sclerosis
Excel table giving patient and contact estimates by age and gender for 2003/04 to 2006/07  (40KB)
Multiple sclerosis- number of patients (chart)