OUT-PATIENTS WAITING
 Related DDCN/DSCN/ISN
Description Where Used

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Notes:
The total number of GP WRITTEN REFERRALS, whether from doctors or dentists, where the first Out-Patient Attendance Consultant has not yet taken place.

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 effective waiting period should be calculated from the FIRST ATTENDANCE EFFECTIVE WAIT START DATE which takes into account any waiting time resets instigated by the PATIENT.

It is the total number of GP WRITTEN REFERRALS 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.no first Out-Patient Attendance Consultant CARE CONTACT has been recorded
and  
 e.the calculated waiting time between the FIRST ATTENDANCE EFFECTIVE WAIT START DATE and the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.
  Out-Patient Effective Waiting Time Calculation provides full details on calculating the waiting time band