CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE
The date, month, year and century, or any combination of these elements, that is of relevance to an ACTIVITY.
Format / Length
an10 CCYY-MM-DD
Description
CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE is the same as attribute
ACTIVITY DATE.
CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE is the Start Date of the Cancer Treatment Period.
A CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE will be either:
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the date that a PATIENT agrees a treatment plan for either first or subsequent treatments within a Cancer Care Plan. An individual PATIENT may have multiple DECISION TO TREAT DATES or
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where there is no new DECISION TO TREAT DATE, but there has been a previously agreed and clinically appropriate period of delay. In this case the subsequent ACTIVITY may not be the final treatment, but could be the next APPOINTMENT which deals with the planning of subsequent treatments.
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Also Known As
This Data Element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
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| Plural | CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATES |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
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| NHS Business Definition | Cancer Care Spell Delay | references in description CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE |
| NHS Business Definition | Cancer Treatment Period | references in description CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE |
| Data Set | National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set | references in description CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE |
| Supporting Information | National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set Scenarios | references in description CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE |
| Data Element | WAITING TIME ADJUSTMENT (TREATMENT) | references in description CANCER TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE |