The current EMPLOYMENT status of the PATIENT as recorded in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set.

National Codes:

Employed refers to those who are employed by a company and have their National Insurance paid for directly from their wages. It also includes those who are self-employed (i.e. those who work for themselves and generally pay their National Insurance themselves); those who are in supported employment; and those who are in permitted work (i.e. those who are in paid work and who are also receiving Incapacity Benefit). It should also include those who are unpaid family workers (i.e. those who do unpaid work for a business they own or for a business a relative owns).

Unemployed refers to those who are not in paid work but are actively seeking work and are available to start, or are waiting to start a paid job they have already obtained.

Other employment status such as education or training includes those who are economically inactive, that is, those who are not in paid work and who are not actively seeking work, or they are not available to start.
It includes the following:

• Students who are undertaking full (at least 16 hours per week) or part-time (less than 16 hours per week) education or training and who are not working or actively seeking work
• The long-term sick or disabled, including those who are receiving Incapacity Benefit, income support or both, and who are not working or actively seeking work
• Those looking after the family or home and who are not working or actively seeking work
• Those who are not receiving benefits and who are not working or actively seeking work
• Those who are in unpaid voluntary work who are not working or actively seeking work
• Those of working age who have retired from paid work.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
plural	EMPLOYMENT STATUSES FOR MENTAL HEALTH