APPOINTMENT DATE

Format/length: see DATE
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For appointments for a FIRST ATTENDANCE with a CONSULTANT; if a PATIENT indicates that he/she is unable to take up a reasonable telephone or written offer of an appointment, the refusal should be counted as a self-deferral, and the waiting time calculation is counted from the first offered appointment date.

For a verbal offer to be deemed reasonable, the patient is to be offered a minimum of two appointments on different days, with at least three weeks notice before the first offered appointment.

For a written offer to be deemed reasonable, the patient is to be offered an appointment date with a minimum of three weeks notice.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
plural APPOINTMENT DATES