Data Element: TOTAL INFORMAL PATIENTS (FEMALE)

TOTAL INFORMAL PATIENTS (FEMALE)

Notes:
TOTAL INFORMAL PATIENTS (FEMALE) is the total number of female PATIENTS informally detained under the Mental Health Act resident with a current Hospital Provider Spell as at the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.

1.	It is a count of the total number of PATIENTS resident with a Hospital Provider Spell within the Health Care Provider at the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE where:
	a.	the Hospital Provider Spell has a Start Date on or before the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE
		and
		the Hospital Provider Spell has no recorded Discharge Date i.e. the Hospital Provider Spell is still active
		or
		the Discharge Date is after the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE i.e. the Hospital Provider Spell was active as at the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE
	and
	b.	the Hospital Provider Spell contains at least one Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) where the main TREATMENT FUNCTION of the CONSULTANT is for a mental illness MAIN SPECIALTY. The mental illness MAIN SPECIALTY CODES being 700, 710, 711, 712, 713 and 715. This includes both Hospital Stays and Care Home Stays (Consultant Care) within the Hospital Provider Spell.
	and
	c.	the current MENTAL HEALTH ACT LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODE is National Code 'Informal'
	and
	d.	the PERSON GENDER CODE of the latest recorded PERSON GENDER (whether recorded before or within) the REPORTING PERIOD is National Code 'Female'
		and
		the PERSON GENDER TYPE for the PERSON GENDER is National Code 'Person Gender Current'
2.	Where no patients match these criteria then TOTAL INFORMAL PATIENTS (FEMALE) should be set to zero.

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plural TOTAL INFORMAL PATIENTS (FEMALE)