Group Session
A Group Session is a SESSION held by at least one member of a health promotion staff group as part of a HEALTH PROGRAMME to improve the general awareness of a group of PEOPLE about particular functions, conditions or aspects of behaviour affecting the health of the community.
Description
A Group Session is a SESSION.
A Group Session is a SESSION held by at least one member of a health promotion staff group as part of a HEALTH PROGRAMME to improve the general awareness of a group of PEOPLE about particular functions, conditions or aspects of behaviour affecting the health of the community.
For the Community Services Data Set, Group Sessions are recorded when the attendees at the SESSION are not known in advance, and clinical notes are not made in individual PATIENT records.
Note: Where the attendees are known in advance, and clinical notes are made in the PATIENT record for each PATIENT, this is recorded as Group Therapy.
For the Mental Health Services Data Set, Group Sessions exclude Mental Health Drop In Contacts where each PATIENT is seen individually.
Also Known As
This NHS business definition is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| Plural | Group Sessions |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
|---|---|---|
| Data Element | CLINICAL CONTACT DURATION OF GROUP SESSION | references in description Group Session |
| Data Element | GROUP SESSION DATE | references in description Group Session |
| Data Element | GROUP SESSION IDENTIFIER | references in description Group Session |
| Attribute | GROUP SESSION TYPE FOR COMMUNITY CARE | references in description Group Session |
| Attribute | GROUP SESSION TYPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH | references in description Group Session |
| NHS Business Definition | Group Session | references in description Group Session |
| NHS Business Definition | Group Therapy | references in description Group Session |
| Class | LOCATION | references in description Group Session |
| Data Element | NUMBER OF GROUP SESSION PARTICIPANTS | references in description Group Session |
| Attribute | SESSION DATE | references in description Group Session |
