A number used to uniquely identify an NHS SERVICE CONTRACT by an ORGANISATION / ORGANISATIONS acting as commissioner(s) of PATIENT care services.

Note: NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT has been renamed to NHS SERVICE CONTRACT.

NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT NUMBER and NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT IDENTIFIER will be replaced with NHS SERVICE CONTRACT IDENTIFIER, which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT NUMBERS