This is an archive based on the data dictionary at 19/11/2020
Data Sets provide the specification for data collections and for data analyses.
IntroductionThe purpose of the Automatic Identification and Data Capture for Patient Identification Data Set is to support the accurate, timely and, therefore, safer identification of NHS PATIENTS in England, by encoding the key PATIENT identifiers into a GS1 DataMatrix 2D barcode which is printed on the PATIENT identity band.
