Table 1.

COPD QOF indicators for City and Hackney, London and England

Indicator	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Number of patients on COPD register (QOF) – City and Hackney	2,221	2,267	2,347	2,499	2,654	2,871	2,943
Recorded prevalence of COPD (% of total patient list)
City and Hackney	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.03
London	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1
England	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8
% of COPD diagnoses confirmed by spirometry
City and Hackney	–	88	90.9	93.2	94.1	94.1	94.1
London	–	89.3	89.4	88.8	92.5	91	90.2
England	–	90.4	90.3	89.7	93.2	91.3	90.7
% of COPD patients with a FEV1 measurement in last 15 months
City and Hackney	82.5	81.5	86.5	88	89.3	90	90.8
London	84.3	81.1	87.5	87.8	88.1	88.1	86.7
England	84.4	82.5	88.5	88.8	88.8	88.4	86.3
% of COPD patients with a breathlessness assessment in last 15 months
City and Hackney	–	–	89.2	92.1	93.9	91.8	95.3
London	–	–	89.7	91.2	91.4	91	90.9
England	–	–	89.9	91.6	91.8	91.1	89.6
% of COPD patients who have had flu vaccine
City and Hackney	92	91.4	91.9	93.1	93	91.1	95.4
London	95.2	91.8	93	93.1	93	91.7	94.7
England	94	91.7	92.7	93.2	93.1	92.7	96.2

Notes: –Indicator not in use for this year. Data from Primary Care Mortality Database. Available from: http://content.digital.nhs.uk/pcmdatabase. Accessed November 15, 2015. Copyright © 2015, Re-used with the permission of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, also known as NHS Digital. All rights reserved.¹⁸

Abbreviations: QOF, quality and outcomes framework; FEV₁, forced expiratory volume in 1 second.