Format/Length:	max an70
National Codes:
Default Codes:

Notes:
PATIENT NAME is the preferred name of the PATIENT.

For the Commissioning Data Sets it is necessary to identify whether the PERSON NAME is a PERSON NAME STRUCTURED or PERSON NAME UNSTRUCTURED using the following codes.

1	Structured - two element name, forename followed by surname, each element an35
2	Unstructured - an70
9	Not known: a validation error

The PATIENT's name and ADDRESS should be withheld from any Commissioning Data Set that contains a valid NHS NUMBER.  For further information, see the Security Issues and Patient Confidentiality.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	PATIENT NAMES