Data Element: OTHER REFERRALS

OTHER REFERRALS

Notes:
The total number of non-GP written REFERRAL REQUESTS received within the REPORTING PERIOD for a first Out-Patient Appointment Consultant regardless of whether or not they resulted in an Out-Patient Attendance Consultant.

It is the total number of REFERRAL REQUESTS where:

	a.	the REFERRAL REQUEST is to a CONSULTANT for a first Out-Patient Appointment Consultant
and
	b.	the ORIGINAL REFERRAL REQUEST RECEIVED DATE of the REFERRAL REQUEST 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

However, this total number should exclude the following types of REFERRAL REQUESTS:

	a.	GP written referrals; these are where the REFERRAL REQUEST TYPE of the REFERRAL REQUEST is National Code 01 'GP referral request'
		and
		the WRITTEN REFERRAL REQUEST INDICATOR of the REFERRAL REQUEST is classification 'Yes'
	b.	Self-referrals; these are where the REFERRAL REQUEST TYPE of the REFERRAL REQUEST is National Code 04 'Patient self-referral request'
	c.	Initiated by the CONSULTANT responsible for the Consultant Out-Patient Episode referrals; these are where the SOURCE OF REFERRAL FOR OUT-PATIENTS of the REFERRAL REQUEST is National Code 01 'following an emergency admission' or 02 'following a domiciliary visit' or 10 'following an Accident And Emergency Attendance' or 11 'other'
	d.	Referrals initiated by attendance at drop-in clinic without prior appointment; these are where the OUT-PATIENT CLINIC REFERRING INDICATOR of the REFERRAL REQUEST is classification 'Attended referring Out-Patient Clinic without prior appointment'

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plural OTHER REFERRALS