PATIENTS WAITING FOR ADMISSION
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The number of PATIENTS classified as booked admissions or WAITING LIST admissions, who are waiting to be admitted from an ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST to a Hospital Provider Spell for the specified WAITING FOR ADMISSION INTENDED MANAGEMENT on the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.
This includes PATIENTS with an OFFER OF ADMISSION MADE DATE recorded before or on the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.

PATIENTS WAITING FOR ADMISSION will be further categorised by MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of the ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST or ADMISSION INTENDED PROCEDURE.

This includes Self-Deferred Admission PATIENTS where a further OFFERED FOR ADMISSION DATE has been made on or before the end of the REPORTING PERIOD.

It excludes Self-Deferred Admission PATIENTS where no further OFFERED FOR ADMISSION DATE has been made as at the end of the REPORTING PERIOD, private PATIENTS, PATIENTS who are Overseas Visitors, elective planned admissions and Suspended Patients.

It is the total of number of PATIENTS waiting Elective Admission where:

 a.no ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST REMOVAL REASON and ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST REMOVAL DATE is recorded i.e. the PATIENT is still waiting for admission on the WAITING LIST 
  or
  if recorded, ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST REMOVAL DATE is after the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE i.e. the PATIENTS was waiting for admission on the WAITING LIST as at the end of the REPORTING PERIOD and should therefore be included in the count
and  
 b.an OFFERED FOR ADMISSION DATE of an OFFER OF ADMISSION is recorded where the OFFER OF ADMISSION MADE DATE is before or on the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE 
  Where more than one OFFER OF ADMISSION is recorded (due to Self-Deferred Admission), at least one should have an OFFER OF ADMISSION MADE DATE before or on the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE and the latest OFFER OF ADMISSION MADE DATE is before or on the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE i.e exclude from the count if the latest offer was made after the end of the REPORTING PERIOD 
and  
 c.the ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY CODE of the ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY for the ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST ENTRY is National Code 01 NHS PATIENT, including Overseas Visitors charged under the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (as amended by Statutory Instrument)' 
  and
  no OVERSEAS VISITOR STATUS is recorded for the ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST ENTRY 
and  
 d.no ELECTIVE ADMISSION SUSPENSION DETAIL has been recorded
  or
  if recorded, the LIST SUSPENSION START DATE is before the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE and the LIST SUSPENSION END DATE is before the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE i.e. no period of suspension is still on-going as at the end of the REPORTING PERIOD.
  Where no LIST SUSPENSION END DATE has been recorded or where the LIST SUSPENSION END DATE is on or after the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE then the period of suspension is still active and the PATIENT should be excluded from the count
and  
 e.the ELECTIVE ADMISSION TYPE is National Code 11 'Waiting list admission' or 12 'Booked admission'

Hospital Provider Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 21 'Hospital Provider Spell'.

 

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pluralPATIENTS WAITING FOR ADMISSION