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CONTACTS (SOCIAL WORKER) is an optional data item note in the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMD) collection record and should only be present if one or more FACE TO FACE CONTACT SOCIAL WORKER within the MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL has occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD.

It is the total number of such contacts within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each such contact is recorded by a FACE TO FACE CONTACT SOCIAL WORKER and there may be more than one recorded during the course of a REPORTING PERIOD.

There is a CONTACT DATE for each FACE TO FACE CONTACT SOCIAL WORKER and the calculation is based upon those contacts which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD. Where the contact social worker is also the allocated Care Programme Approach care coordinator for the PATIENT then a FACE TO FACE CONTACT CPA CARE COORDINATOR should also be recorded.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CONTACTS (SOCIAL WORKERS)