GP WRITTEN REFERRALS SEEN
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Description Where Used

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The total number of FIRST ATTENDANCE APPOINTMENTS resulting from GP WRITTEN REFERRALS, whether from doctors or dentists, where the Out-Patient Attendance Consultant took place within the REPORTING PERIOD. This includes private PATIENTS attendances.

Currently this count only includes GP WRITTEN REFERRALS to a named CONSULTANT and excludes any other form of REFERRAL REQUEST whether to a named CONSULTANT or not.

When an Out-Patient Appointment Consultant APPOINTMENT takes place an Out-Patient Attendance Consultant CARE CONTACT records the attendance with FIRST ATTENDANCE recording whether it is a FIRST ATTENDANCE or a follow-up attendance and ACTIVITY DATE recording the Attendance Date.

The ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY records whether a PATIENT is a private or NHS PATIENT and should be the ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY which is current at the DATE of the attendance ACTIVITY DATE.

It is the total number of GP WRITTEN REFERRALS FIRST ATTENDANCE APPOINTMENTS where:

 a.the REFERRAL REQUEST TYPE of the REFERRAL REQUEST is National Code 01 'GP referral request'
and  
 b.the WRITTEN REFERRAL REQUEST INDICATOR of the REFERRAL REQUEST is classification 'Yes'
and  
 c.the REFERRAL REQUEST is to a CONSULTANT for an Out-Patient Appointment Consultant 
and  
 d.the FIRST ATTENDANCE of the Out-Patient Attendance Consultant CARE CONTACT is National Code 1 'First attendance face to face' or 3 'First telephone or telemedicine consultation' 
and  
 e.the ACTIVITY DATE of the Out-Patient Attendance Consultant CARE CONTACT is within the period of the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE 
  Within the REPORTING PERIOD includes where the DATE is the same as the START DATE or END DATE 

Out-Patient Appointment Consultant is an Appointment Request for an APPOINTMENT where APPOINTMENT CLASSIFICATION CODE is National Code 02 'Out-Patient Appointment Consultant'.

Out-Patient Attendance Consultant is a CARE CONTACT where CARE CONTACT TYPE is National Code 30 'Out-Patient Attendance Consultant'.

 

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pluralGP WRITTEN REFERRALS SEEN