The status of a REFERRAL REQUEST for an Out-Patient Appointment.

The REFERRAL STATUS monitors the progress of an out-patient referral, from the time that the referral is received by the Trust until the referral is closed.

The REFERRAL STATUS should be first recorded when the out-patient REFERRAL REQUEST is received and accepted.

• If the PATIENT is given an immediate APPOINTMENT, the initial status will be 'Appointment accepted / made'.
• If the PATIENT is not given an immediate APPOINTMENT, the initial status will be 'Appointment pending', which will change to 'Appointment accepted / made' when the APPOINTMENT has been agreed with, or sent to, the PATIENT.
• The final status will always be 'Referral closed'.

Note that 'Appointment accepted / made' and 'Appointment pending' relate only to APPOINTMENTS for a first attendance.

Classification:

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	REFERRAL STATUSES