The staff group of a CARE PROFESSIONAL who referred a PATIENT to a Community Health Service.

Notes:

• National Code M04 'General Practitioner with an Extended Role (GPwER)' has been updated in Data Dictionary Change Notice 1752 "Practitioners with a Special Interest Name Change". The Community Services Data Set specification will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard.
• The National Codes descriptions of this attribute have been updated as a result of the work undertaken for the update of DCB0028: Treatment Function and Main Specialty Standard. The Community Services Data Set specification will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard.
• National Code descriptions have been updated to remove National Code headings. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.
  • The explanation of the National Code description headings are:
    • National Codes A: Allied Health Professionals
    • National Codes M: Medical/Dental
    • National Codes N: Nursing, Health Visiting and Midwifery
    • National Codes C: Other CARE PROFESSIONALS.

National Codes:

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	REFERRING CARE PROFESSIONAL STAFF GROUP FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE
plural	REFERRING CARE PROFESSIONAL STAFF GROUPS FOR COMMUNITY CARE