Documentation
Description:
This table represents either the referral of a patient for care by an external party or service or inbound referral to provide a services related to the patient. This is known as a referral in primary care.
Coverage
Spatial:
Kent and Medway
Typical Age Range:
0-120
Follow Up:
Unknown
Pathway:
Primary Care
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Care
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Primary care - Clinic
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Other
Start Date:
01 April 2009
Time Lag:
Other
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
Access Request Cost:
To be agreed per project by SDE program
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Data Controller:
Kent and Medway ICB
Data Processor:
Kent and Medway Data Warehouse
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Ethics approval required
- Geographical restrictions
- Not for profit use
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
Kent and Medway ICB, Kent and Medway Data Warehouse
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
NHS NATIONAL CODES
Conforms To:
- NHS DATA DICTIONARY
- LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
Text
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
21900080
Count
01 July 2025
Persons
3301184
Count
01 July 2025