Format/Length:	an1
HES Item:
National Codes:	See WARD NIGHT PERIOD AVAILABILITY
Default Codes:

Notes: 
Data Set Change Notice 07/2000 implemented a change to replace the composite data items WARD TYPE AT PSYCHIATRIC CENSUS DATE and WARD TYPE AT START OF EPISODE within Commissioning Data Set by their constituent components. For Commissioning Data Set message purposes therefore the constituent component WARD NIGHT PERIOD AVAILABILITY is required to be separately recorded.

The value for the number of days open only during the night is as recorded by attribute WARD NIGHT PERIOD AVAILABILITY, but with the addition of Home Leave:

Permitted National Codes:

0	Zero nights
1	One night
2	Two nights
3	Three nights
4	Four nights
5	Five nights
6	Six nights
7	Seven nights
9	Home Leave

WARD NIGHT PERIOD AVAILABILITY CODE replaces WARD NIGHT PERIOD AVAILABILITY and should be used for all new and developing data sets and for XML messages.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	WARD NIGHT PERIOD AVAILABILITY CODES