GP WRITTEN REFERRALS BOOKED
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Description Where Used

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Notes:
GP WRITTEN REFERRALS BOOKED is the total number of GP WRITTEN REFERRALS, whether from doctors or dentists, received within the REPORTING PERIOD for a first Out-Patient Appointment Consultant where a booking system was used. This is regardless of whether or not they resulted in an Out-Patient Attendance Consultant.

Currently this count only includes GP WRITTEN REFERRALS to a named CONSULTANT and excludes any other form of REFERRAL REQUEST whether to a named CONSULTANT or not.

It is the total number of GP WRITTEN REFERRALS where:

 a.the REFERRAL REQUEST TYPE of the REFERRAL REQUEST is National Code 'GP referral request'
and  
 b.the WRITTEN REFERRAL REQUEST INDICATOR of the REFERRAL REQUEST is classification 'Yes'
and  
 c.the REFERRAL REQUEST is to a CONSULTANT for an Out-Patient Appointment Consultant 
and  
 d.the ORIGINAL REFERRAL REQUEST RECEIVED DATE of the REFERRAL REQUEST is within the period of the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE 
  Within the REPORTING PERIOD includes where the DATE is the same as the START DATE or END DATE 
and  
 e.the APPOINTMENT BOOKING SYSTEM TYPE of the REFERRAL REQUEST is classification 'Partial booking system non- Choose and Book system' or 'Full booking system - non Choose and Book system' or 'Choose and Book system'

Out-Patient Appointment Consultant is a SERVICE REQUEST for an APPOINTMENT where APPOINTMENT CLASSIFICATION CODE is National Code 'Out-Patient Appointment Consultant'.

 

This data element is also known by these names:
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pluralGP WRITTEN REFERRALS BOOKED