REFERRING CARE PROFESSIONAL STAFF GROUP FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE

The staff group of a CARE PROFESSIONAL  who referred a PATIENT  to a  Community Health Service  or Mental Health Service.

Notes:

• National Code M04 'General Practitioner with an Extended Role  (GPwER) ' has been updated in Data Dictionary Change Notice 1752 "Practitioners with a Special Interest Name Change". The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.

• The following National Codes are only valid for use in the Community Services Data Set:

  • C10 'Health Trainer (Non Clinical)'

  • C11 'Health Trainer (Clinical)'

  • C12 'Health Care Assistant'

  • C13 'Health Care Support Worker'

• The National Codes descriptions of this attribute have been updated as a result of the work undertaken for the update of DCB0028: Treatment Function and Main Specialty Standard. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.