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A classification which identifies the source of referral of a Mental Health Care Spell.
National Codes:
| Primary Health Care | |
| A1 | GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
| A2 | Health Visitor |
| A3 | Other Primary Health Care |
| Self Referral | |
| B1 | Self |
| B2 | Carer |
| Local Authority Services | |
| C1 | Social Services |
| C2 | Education Service |
| Employer | |
| D1 | Employer |
| Justice System | |
| E1 | Police |
| E2 | Courts |
| E3 | Probation Service |
| E4 | Prison |
| E5 | Court Liaison and Diversion Service |
| Child Health | |
| F1 | School Nurse |
| F2 | Hospital-based Paediatrics |
| F3 | Community-based Paediatrics |
| Independent/Voluntary Sector | |
| G1 | Independent sector - Medium Secure Inpatients |
| G2 | Independent Sector - Low Secure Inpatients |
| G3 | Other Independent Sector Mental Health Services |
| G4 | Voluntary Sector |
| Acute Secondary Care | |
| H1 | Accident And Emergency Department |
| H2 | Other secondary care specialty |
| Other Mental Health NHS Trust | |
| I1 | Temporary transfer from another Mental Health NHS Trust |
| I2 | Permanent transfer from another Mental Health NHS Trust |
| Internal referrals from Community Mental Health Team (within own NHS Trust) | |
| J1 | Community Mental Health Team (Adult Mental Health) |
| J2 | Community Mental Health Team (Older People) |
| J3 | Community Mental Health Team (Learning Disabilities) |
| J4 | Community Mental Health Team (Child and Adolescent Mental Health) |
| Internal referrals from Inpatient Service (within own NHS Trust) | |
| K1 | Inpatient Service (Adult Mental Health) |
| K2 | Inpatient Service (Older People) |
| K3 | Inpatient Service (Forensics) |
| K4 | Inpatient Service (Child and Adolescent Mental Health) |
| K5 | Inpatient Service (Learning Disabilities) |
| Transfer by graduation (within own NHS Trust) | |
| L1 | Transfer by graduation from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to Adult Mental Health Services |
| L2 | Transfer by graduation from Adult Mental Health Services to Older Peoples Mental Health Services |
| Other | |
| M1 | Asylum Services |
| M2 | NHS Direct |
| M3 | Out of Area Agency |
| M4 | Drug Action Team / Drug Misuse Agency |
| M5 | Jobcentre Plus** |
| M6 | Other service or agency |
** Note: this National Code can only be used for the Mental Health Minimum Data Set and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data Set, if referrals from Jobcentre Plus are accepted.
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | SOURCES OF REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH |