A record of the APPOINTMENT DATE OFFERED and APPOINTMENT TIME OFFERED for an APPOINTMENT to a PATIENT and the date and time that the offer or request was made.

For a Screening Test the INVITATION TYPE should be recorded.

For a GMP Practice Consultation, the PATIENT should be offered a consultation within 24 hours if requesting to see a CARE PROFESSIONAL other than a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. The PATIENT should be offered a GMP Practice Consultation to see a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER within 48 hours of requesting an APPOINTMENT.

More than one APPOINTMENT OFFER can be made to a PATIENT for an APPOINTMENT. When a PATIENT accepts an APPOINTMENT OFFER, the APPOINTMENT DATE OFFERED and APPOINTMENT TIME OFFERED of the offer become the APPOINTMENT DATE and APPOINTMENT TIME of the APPOINTMENT.

Where more than one APPOINTMENT OFFER has been made for an APPOINTMENT and one has been accepted all the other offers for the same APPOINTMENT should be marked as refused.

APPOINTMENT ACCEPTED DATE records whether or not and when an APPOINTMENT OFFER was accepted

This class is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	APPOINTMENT OFFERS