REQUEST CATEGORY

A classification of REQUEST FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST including the category of PATIENT (NHS or private) and the type of location from which the request was sent.

Classification:

a.	Request in respect of a NHS patient, including amenity patients and overseas visitors charged under section 121 of the NHS Act 1977 as amended by Section 7(12) and (14) of the Health and Medicine Act 1988:
	i.	from NHS facilities of another provider
	ii.	being treated in a non-NHS institution
	iii.	being treated in other than i or ii
b.	Request in respect of a private patient using accommodation or services authorised under Section 65 or 66 of the NHS Act 1977 (Section 7(10) of the Health and Medicine Act 1988 refers) as amended by Section 26 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
c.	Request in respect of a private patient in a non-NHS institution under a contractual arrangement when a Primary Care Trust or NHS Trust is providing a service to the institution in accord with Section 58 of the NHS Act 1977
d.	Category II request; those received as a result of work undertaken by hospital doctors within the scope of category II of the Schedule to paragraph 37 of the Terms and Conditions of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff. For example, requests may arise from examinations and reports on prospective emigrants for insurance and legal purposes and on behalf of the Employment Medical Advisory Service
e.	Request in respect of other human sources:
	i.	from a NHS facility or
	ii.	from a non-NHS institution under a contractual arrangement as specified at (c)
f.	Request in respect of a non-human source from any non-NHS organisation
g.	Request in respect of a non-human source from a NHS organisation

It should be noted that for pathology requests category a. is subdivided into:

	i.	those from NHS labs
	ii.	those from PHLS labs

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	REQUEST CATEGORIES