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Notes:
CONTACTS (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST) is an optional data element in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set collection record and should only be present if:
| a. | one or more Professional Staff Group Contact within the Mental Health Care Spell has occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD | |
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| b. | where the SERVICE TYPE classification is 'Clinical Psychology' | |
It is the total number of such contacts within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each such contact is recorded by a Professional Staff Group Contact and there may be more than one recorded during the course of a REPORTING PERIOD.
There is a Contact Date for each Professional Staff Group Contact and the calculation is based upon those contacts which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD. Where the member of the professional staff group discipline is also the allocated Care Programme Approach care coordinator for the PATIENT then a Face To Face Contact CPA Care Coordinator should also be recorded.
Professional Staff Group Contact is a CARE CONTACT where the CARE CONTACT TYPE is National Code 33 'Professional Staff Group Contact'.
Face To Face Contact CPA Care Coordinator is a CARE CONTACT where the CARE CONTACT TYPE is National Code 16 'Face To Face Contact CPA Care Coordinator'.
Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where the ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Mental Health Care Spell'.
Contact Date is the same as attribute ACTIVITY DATE of ACTIVITY DATE TIME where the ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 39 'Contact Date'.
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
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| plural | CONTACTS (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST) |