Format/length:	see DATE
HES item:
National Codes:
Default Codes:

Notes:
DECISION TO TREAT DATE (SURGERY) is the same as attribute DECISION TO TREAT DATE.

This data item is only mandatory when applicable in the National Cancer Waiting Times Dataset which is when the planned first definitive treatment is surgery.

It is the DECISION TO TREAT DATE of the PLANNED CANCER TREATMENT with a PLANNED CANCER TREATMENT TYPE National Code 01 'Surgery' and where the FIRST DEFINITIVE TREATMENT PLANNED is classification a. 'first definitive treatment planned'.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	DECISION TO TREAT DATES (SURGERY)