BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH INTENSIVE)
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BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH INTENSIVE) is optional in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set collection record. It should only be present if:

a.one or more Consultant Episodes (Hospital Provider) within the Mental Health Care Spell has occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD 
and 
b.where the MAIN SPECIALTY of the CONSULTANT is for an adult or mental illness MAIN SPECIALTY. The adult or mental illness MAIN SPECIALTIES being 700, 710, 712, 713 and 715.
and 
c.where the PATIENT was admitted to a bed in a WARD with a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY National Code 51 'Specially designated ward for patients needing containment and more intensive management. This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where a patient may require one to one nursing while on a standard ward'.

It is the total number of bed days within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each period of bed days is recorded by a Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) within a Hospital Provider Spell and there may be more than one such episode or stay during the course of a Mental Health Care Spell. This excludes any admissions to Hospital Provider Spells where the PATIENT CLASSIFICATION is National Code 2 'Day case admission'. This includes both Hospital Stays and Care Home Stays (Consultant Care) within the Hospital Provider Spell.

There is a Start Date and End Date for each Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) and the calculation is based upon those bed days which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD adjusted for where periods of bed days overlap the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and/or REPORTING PERIOD END DATE (this includes where the period of bed days has not yet ended). Where such overlaps occur the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and/or REPORTING PERIOD END DATE should be used instead of that of the Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider).

BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH INTENSIVE) is the sum of the calculated periods of bed days and should be recorded left justified with leading zeros. The calculation should be adjusted for any periods of Mental Health Leave Of Absence or Mental Health Absence Without Leave of 28 days or less.

A PATIENT going on Home Leave, or Mental Health Leave Of Absence for 28 days or less, or who has a current period of Mental Health Absence Without Leave of 28 days or less, does not interrupt the Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) but are not using a bed during their period of absence.

Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider), Mental Health Care Spell, Hospital Provider Spell, Hospital Stay and Care Home Stay (Consultant Care) are the same as ACTIVITY GROUP where the ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE identifies the specific spell, episode or stay type.

Mental Health Leave Of Absence, Mental Health Absence Without Leave and Home Leave are instances of LEAVE where the LEAVE TYPE identifies the leave type.

Start Date and End Date are the same as ACTIVITY DATE TIME where the ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE identifies the date type.

 

This data element is also known by these names:
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pluralBED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH INTENSIVE)