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Referral Details Section

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Referral Details Section Content

The Referral details section carries a narrative summary of the episode, where possible, very brief. PRSB Elements should be formatted as subheadings in any HTML sent.

REFERRAL DETAILS          
Data Item Description Cardinality Values Mandatory/required/ optional FHIR Target
Referral to Name, designation and organisation. If not an individual, this could be a service, e.g. GP surgery, department, specialty, subspecialty, educational institution, mental health etc. 0 TO 1 Free text Required Composition.section.text
Clinical urgency of referral Referrer’s assessment of urgency (e.g. urgent/ soon/ routine). May include reason if other than routine. Eg two data items:* level of urgency* reason. 0 TO 1 PRIORITY TYPE (NHS Data Dictionary) https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/ data_dictionary/attributes/ p/prio/priority_type_de.asp? shownav=1 Free text reason Required Composition.section.text
Expectation of referral A clear statement of the expectations of the person making the referral as to the management of the patient eg advice only, diagnosis, treatment, etc. To include any specific patient expectation. 0 TO MANY Free text Required Composition.section.text
Reason for referral A clear statement of the purpose of the person making the referral e.g. diagnosis, treatment, transfer of care due to relocation, investigation, second opinion, management of the patient (e.g. palliative care), provide referrer with advice / guidance. This may include referral because of carers’ concerns. 0 TO 1 Free text Required Composition.section.text

Example Referral Details Section

<!--<xml>-->
<!-- Referral details-->
	<section>
		<title value="Referral details"/>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="886721000000107"/>
				<display value="Referral details"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<text>
			<status value="generated"/>
			<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<table width="100%">
			<tbody>				
				<tr>
					<th>Referral details</th>
					<td><p>Self referral.</p></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Referral to</th>
					<td><p>GP surgery</p></td>
				</tr>		
				<tr>
					<th>Clinical urgency of referral</th>
					<td>urgent</td>
				</tr>		
				<tr>
					<th>Expectation of referral</th>
					<td>A clear statement of the expectations of the person making the referral as to the management of the patient eg advice only, diagnosis, treatment, etc. To include any specific patient expectation.</td>
				</tr>		
				<tr>
					<th>Reason for referral</th>
					<td>A clear statement of the purpose of the person making the referral e.g. diagnosis, treatment, transfer of care due to relocation, investigation, second opinion, management of the patient (e.g. palliative care), provide referrer with advice / guidance. This may include referral because of carers' concerns.</td>
				</tr>
			</tbody>
			</table>
			</div>
		</text>
	</section>
<!--</xml>-->
Tags: fhir

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