WARD INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY

The level of resources and intensity of care which is intended to be provided in a WARD.

National Codes

Code Description
51
Mental Illness intensive care: specially designated ward for PATIENTS needing containment and more intensive management (e.g. Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)). This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where PATIENTS may require one to one nursing while on a standard WARD 
52
Mental Illness short stay: PATIENTS intended to stay less than a year
53
Mental Illness long stay: PATIENTS intended to stay a year or more
61
Learning Disability PATIENTS in a designated or interim secure unit
62
Learning Disability PATIENTS intending to stay less than a year
63
Learning Disability  PATIENTS intending to stay a year or more
41
Only for maternity PATIENTS looked after by CONSULTANTS 
43
Only for maternity PATIENTS looked after by GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 
42
Joint use for maternity PATIENTS looked after by CONSULTANTS and  GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 
33
Neonates: maternity: associated with the maternity WARD in that cots are in the maternity WARD nursery or in the WARD itself
32
Neonates: non-maternity: not associated with the maternity WARD and without designated cots for intensive care
31
Neonates: not associated with the maternity WARD and in which there are some designated cots for intensive care
21
Younger physically disabled PATIENTS: spinal units, only those units which are nationally recognised
22
Younger physically disabled PATIENTS: other units
81
Terminally ill/ Palliative Care  PATIENTS
11
General PATIENTS: for intensive therapy, including high dependency care
12
General PATIENTS: for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of PATIENTS who might need all but intensive or high dependency therapy
13
General PATIENTS: for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such WARDS can be used only for PATIENTS carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease

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Context Alias
Plural WARD INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITIES