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 (Version 4-0) and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data Set, if referrals from Jobcentre Plus are accepted.
National Codes: Retired
The retired codes are for use in all versions of the Mental Health Minimum Data Set prior to Mental Health Minimum Data Set version 4-0
| 00 | GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
| 01 | Self |
| 02 | Local Authority Social Services |
| 03 | Accident And Emergency Department |
| 04 | Employer |
| 05 | Education Service |
| 06 | Police |
| 07 | Other clinical specialty |
| 08 | Carer |
| 09 | Courts |
| 10 | Probation Service |
| 11 | High security |
| 12 | Medium security |
| 13 | Other |
| 20 | Temporary transfer from mental health unit |
| 21 | Permanent transfer from mental health unit |
| 22 | Transfer by graduation from local child and adolescent mental health services |
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | SOURCES OF REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH |