Incident prescribing patterns for hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension in Scotland – recovery from the impact of COVID-19 to inform healthcare improvement

Kurdi, Amanj and Millar, Morven and Nnabuko, Uchenna and McTaggart, Stuart and Mueller, Tanja and Proud, Euan and Melia, Barry and Bennie, Marion (2024) Incident prescribing patterns for hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension in Scotland – recovery from the impact of COVID-19 to inform healthcare improvement. In: Scottish Public Health Conference 2024, 2024-05-01 - 2024-05-01, The Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde.

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Abstract

Evidence from the literature indicated that approximately 500,000 diagnoses of hypertension were missed in Great Britain due to the COVID-19 pandemic, over April 2018–July 2021. However, it remains unclear if this trend of misdiagnosis/ undiagnosed cases persisted beyond July 2021 or if the healthcare system successfully caught up with these missed diagnoses. This insight is crucial, as ongoing issues would require urgent attention.

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