Measured Referral to Treatment Period

A Measured Referral to Treatment Period enables the time between referral of a PATIENT to a SERVICE and the start of First Definitive Treatment to be measured.

Description

A Measured Referral to Treatment Period is any REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD.

A Measured Referral to Treatment Period  enables the time between referral of a PATIENT  to a SERVICE  and the start of First Definitive Treatment to be measured.

This is following a SERVICE REQUEST to:

See REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD START DATE for details of the types of SERVICE REQUEST which may start a REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD.

See Referral To Treatment Period Included In Referral To Treatment Consultant-Led Waiting Times Measurement for the subset of REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIODS included in the Referral To Treatment Consultant-Led Waiting Times Measurement rules.

Where a referral is made during a Referral To Treatment Period Excluded From Target for the same disease, condition or injury and the referral is to a Consultant Led Service the Referral To Treatment Period Excluded From Target will end with REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD STATUS of National Code 34 - Decision not to treat and a new REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD will start.

Also Known As

This NHS business definition is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural Measured Referral to Treatment Periods