OUT-PATIENT FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS ATTENDANCES SEEN

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The total number of follow-up attendance APPOINTMENTS, where the Out-Patient Attendance Consultant took place within the REPORTING PERIOD. This includes private PATIENT attendances.

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 follow-up attendance APPOINTMENTS where:

 a.the FIRST ATTENDANCE of the Out-Patient Attendance Consultant CARE CONTACT is National Code 2 'Follow-up attendance face to face' or 4 'Follow-up telephone or telemedicine consultation' 
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 b.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 
 

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pluralOUT-PATIENT FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS ATTENDANCES SEEN