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OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCE CONSULTANT (MENTAL HEALTH) is optional in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set and should only be present if:
| a. | one or more Out-Patient Attendance Consultant within the Adult Mental Health Care Spell has occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD | |
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| b. | where the main TREATMENT FUNCTION of the CONSULTANT is for an adult or mental illness MAIN SPECIALTY. The adult or mental illness MAIN SPECIALTY being 700, 710,712, 713 and 715. | |
It is the total number of such attendances within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each such attendance is recorded by an Out-Patient Attendance Consultant and there may be more than one recorded during the course of a REPORTING PERIOD.
There is an Attendance Date for each Out-Patient Attendance Consultant and the calculation is based upon those attendances which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD.
Out-Patient Attendance Consultant is a CARE CONTACT where CARE CONTACT TYPE is National Code 27 'Out-Patient Attendance Consultant'.
Adult Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Adult Mental Health Care Spell'.
Attendance Date is an ACTIVITY DATE where ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 33 'Attendance Date'.
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCES CONSULTANT (MENTAL HEALTH) |