GENITOURINARY FIRST APPOINTMENTS MISSED TOTAL
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Notes:
The total number of first APPOINTMENTS missed where:

 a.the CARE CONTACT TYPE is National Code 40 - 'Genitourinary Care Contact' 
and  
 b.the FIRST ATTENDANCE is National Code 1 - 'First attendance face to face' 
and  
 c.ATTENDED OR DID NOT ATTEND is either National Code 7 - 'PATIENT arrived late and could not be seen' or National Code 3 - 'Did not attend - no advance warning given' 
and  
 d.APPOINTMENT BOOKING TYPE is National Code 01 - 'Scheduled Appointment' 
and  
 e.the APPOINTMENT DATE is within the REPORTING PERIOD.
and  
 f.the GENITOURINARY CONTACT TYPE CODE  excludes National Code 06 - 'Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)' 

An APPOINTMENT where the PATIENT did not attend and the APPOINTMENT SLOT is subsequently offered to another PATIENT should be included as a missed APPOINTMENT.

 

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pluralGENITOURINARY FIRST APPOINTMENTS MISSED TOTALS