Health services

The following pages present statistics and information on:

Services provided by health professionals play a crucial role in the diagnosis, treatment and/or management of dementia.

For the underlying data presented in these pages, see data tables.

Key statistics

In 2023–24 there were 27,800 hospitalisations due to dementia
There was a 46% increase in scripts dispensed for dementia-specific medications between 2014–15 and 2023–24
On average, people hospitalised due to dementia spent 15 days in hospital
99% of people with dementia living in the community had at least one GP attendance in 2021–22
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