The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data are now available.

May 2019 highlights:

  • May continued the spike seen last month with 888 new volunteers registering, including 101 people with a dementia diagnosis – bringing the total number of Join Dementia Volunteers up to 41,869
  • NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG remain as the CCG with the most people with dementia registered on JDR (124 volunteers), closely followed by NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG (102 volunteers)
  • NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG also remain as the top CCG for % population with dementia registered on dementia, with 4.13% of its population with dementia registered on JDR
  • NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG also were the top CCG for total volunteers registered in May – 39 volunteers.
  • NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG region attracted the most people with dementia in May – 7 volunteers, followed by NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG region with 4, and NHS West Kent CCG region, also with 4.
  • West of England is the top NIHR region by % with 1.23% of its population with dementia being registered, and East Midlands NIHR Region registered the most volunteers in May with 107.
  • Total number of volunteers to the end of May is 41,869 (5,245 with a dementia diagnosis, which is 1.1% of total number of people with a diagnosis – objective is 25% by December 2020)

You can access the complete dataset using the following link: http://nhs.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/data-and-statistics/