72nd lowest recorded depression prevalence of 152 upper-tier authorities
Depression recorded on GP QOF registers · Persons, 18+ yrs
England: 14.3% · 2024/25
healthcards · Herefordshire · 2024/25
What this means
13.9% of patients aged 18 and over registered with GP practices in Herefordshire had depression recorded in 2024/25 — 22,363 patients. England recorded 14.3%.
Source denominator: 160,859 patients registered at GP practices in the area (Persons, 18+ yrs); not necessarily residents and not a survey sample.
England: 14.3%. Recorded prevalence depends on population need, access, diagnosis and coding, so the rank is descriptive rather than a better/worse judgement.
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Source & provenance
Indicator:
Depression recorded on GP QOF registers (ID 848)
Source:
NHS England Quality and Outcomes Framework via OHID Fingertips
Area:
Herefordshire (E06000019), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-14 (distinct from reporting period)
Counts patients registered at GP practices in the area; they do not necessarily all live in the authority.
Recorded depression is not all depression in the community. Differences in access, diagnosis and coding affect the figure.
The local-authority feed is one release behind the newest national QOF publication.
95% confidence interval: 13.73% to 14.07%.
Derived from the published point estimates for 152 upper-tier authorities with data. Exact ties share a rank. Overlapping confidence intervals mean nearby ranks may not be meaningfully different.
A lower recorded prevalence is not automatically better; it can reflect under-diagnosis or access differences.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.