| Column |
Type |
Label |
Description |
| QuarterEnding |
numeric |
Last day of quarter that the data reports on (YYYYMMDD) |
|
| HBT |
text |
Health board of treatment based on the boundaries as at 1st April 2019 |
Health board labels |
| HBTQF |
text |
Qualifier for HBT |
Qualifier information |
| PatientType |
text |
Patient Type i.e. New Outpatient, inpatient, day case etc. |
|
| Specialty |
text |
Specialty of the healthcare professional who is in charge of the patient episode. Specialties with a low volume of patients at Scotland level have been excluded from the specialty breakdown therefore the specialty breakdown will not match the total presented under 'All Specialties'. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde code patients under more than one specialty with code 'XSU', as this is not on the list of ISD Specialty codes this has resulted in these patients specialty codes being mapped to a blank code. |
Specialty Codes |
| SpecialtyQF |
text |
Qualifier for Specialty |
Qualifier information |
| NumberWaiting |
numeric |
|
|
| NumberWaitingQF |
text |
|
|
| Available |
numeric |
Number of patients on the waiting list who are available for treatment on the last day of the quarter |
|
| AvailableQF |
text |
Qualifier for Available |
Qualifier information |
| Unavailable |
numeric |
Number of patients on the waiting list who are unavailable for treatment on the last day of the quarter |
|
| UnavailableQF |
text |
Qualifier for Unavailable |
Qualifier information |
| MedicalTotal |
numeric |
If a patient is medically unable to undergo a procedure because for example, they have another medical issue such as raised blood pressure that makes treatment inadvisable then this should be recorded as Medical Unavailability. |
|
| MedicalTotalQF |
text |
Qualifier for MedicalTotal |
Qualifier information |
| MedicalOtherMedicalCondition |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Medical - other medical condition' |
|
| MedicalOtherMedicalConditionQF |
text |
Qualifier for MedicalOtherMedicalCondition |
Qualifier information |
| MedicalIndefinitelyUnavailable |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Medical - indefinitely unavailable' |
|
| MedicalIndefinitelyUnavailableQF |
text |
Qualifier for MedicalIndefinitelyUnavailable |
Qualifier information |
| MedicalOther |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to other medical reasons |
|
| MedicalOtherQF |
text |
Qualifier for MedicalOther |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedTotal |
numeric |
If a patient informs the hospital that they will be unable to accept an appointment because, for example, they are on holiday for a fortnight or they have a work commitment, then this may be recorded as Patient Advised Unavailability. |
|
| PatientAdvisedTotalQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedTotal |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedHoliday |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient advised - on holiday' |
|
| PatientAdvisedHolidayQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedHoliday |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedPersonalCommitment |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - personal commitment' |
|
| PatientAdvisedPersonalCommitmentQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedPersonalCommitment |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedWorkCommitment |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - work commitment' |
|
| PatientAdvisedWorkCommitmentQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedWorkCommitment |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedCarerCommitment |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - carer commitment' |
|
| PatientAdvisedCarerCommitmentQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedCarerCommitment |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedAcademicCommitment |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - academic commitment' |
|
| PatientAdvisedAcademicCommitmentQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedAcademicCommitment |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedJuryDuty |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - jury duty' |
|
| PatientAdvisedJuryDutyQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedJuryDuty |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedWeather |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - following severe weather cancellation of Visiting Consultant Service, wishes to be treated within local Health Board' |
|
| PatientAdvisedWeatherQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedWeather |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedIndefinitelyUnavailable |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Advised - indefinitely unavailable' |
|
| PatientAdvisedIndefinitelyUnavailableQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedIndefinitelyUnavailable |
Qualifier information |
| PatientAdvisedOther |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to other patient advised reasons |
|
| PatientAdvisedOtherQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientAdvisedOther |
Qualifier information |
| PatientRequestedTotal |
numeric |
Patients who request a specific consultant or a specific location will have a period of Patient Requested unavailability applied – this is to reflect the legislation which came into effect on 01 April 2014. For trend purposes, the associated codes have been split from the Patient Advised grouping prior to the change in legislation. |
|
| PatientRequestedTotalQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientRequestedTotal |
Qualifier information |
| PatientRequestedNamedConsultant |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Requested - wishes named Consultant' |
|
| PatientRequestedNamedConsultantQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientRequestedNamedConsultant |
Qualifier information |
| PatientRequestedTreatedLocalHealthBoard |
numeric |
Number of patients unavailable due to 'Patient Requested - wishes to be treated within local Health Board' |
|
| PatientRequestedTreatedLocalHealthBoardQF |
text |
Qualifier for PatientRequestedTreatedLocalHealthBoard |
Qualifier information |
| SuspensionExceptionalCircumstances |
numeric |
During circumstances of exceptional strain on the NHS such as a major disaster, major epidemic or outbreak of infection, or service disruption caused by industrial action, unavailability may be applied. This is recorded as suspension due to exceptional circumstances, and must only be applied following agreement with the Scottish Government Health Department. This type of unavailability must only be applied for an agreed, limited, period of time. |
|
| SuspensionExceptionalCircumstancesQF |
text |
Qualifier for SuspensionExceptionalCircumstances |
Qualifier information |
| PFBUnavailability |
numeric |
Patient Focused Booking (PFB) is a system where patients are asked to contact the hospital to arrange a convenient time for their appointment. PFB unavailability is applied when no response has been recevied from the patient for a PFB offer of appointment. |
|
| PFBUnavailabilityQF |
text |
Qualifier for PFBUnavailability |
Qualifier information |
