Ward Stay

A Ward Stay is an ACTIVITY GROUP.

A Ward Stay is the time a PATIENT, using a Hospital Bed and/or using a delivery facility, stays in one WARD.

Each Ward Stay is within only one Hospital Provider Spell.

When a PATIENT takes Home Leave, Mental Health Leave of Absence or has a current period of Mental Health Absence Without Leave, this should be recorded as a WARD transfer and a new Ward Stay should begin on return.

For Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS), the Ward Stay remains uninterrupted when a PATIENT leaves the WARD for  Home Leave, Mental Health Leave of Absence  or Mental Health Absence Without Leave.

In the case of:

• Home Leave

  , the Nursing Episode, Midwife Episode,  Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider), Hospital Stay or Hospital Provider Spell however remain uninterrupted

• Mental Health Leave of Absence

  and Mental Health Absence Without Leave, the Nursing Episode,  Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider)  or Hospital Provider Spell however will only remain uninterrupted if the absence is for a period of 28 days or less

• PATIENTS

  using maternity WARDS of the same type on the same site, these should be recorded as one WARD. There will therefore only be one Ward Stay rather than transfers between WARDS. For local purposes, however, such transfers may be identified.

For each Ward Stay there should be a named NURSE or MIDWIFE who is responsible for the nursing or midwifery care of the PATIENT. If the named NURSE or MIDWIFE changes, the change is recorded.