Forms for the Year 2011/12 Data

Format of the questionnaires

Each form has an accompanying Guide which follows the format of the questionnaires and gives more guidance on how a particular question is to be interpreted.   These Guides will be updated in the light of difficulties and queries which arise during the first years of use.

What should we be recording?

You will need to check that you are recording all the information required.  This may well be different from data you keep at present.  Telephone contacts and contacts with relatives and carers should be recorded, as should the work not only of doctors and nurses, but of other health professionals such as social workers and physiotherapists.

Which forms should we complete?

Many services provide care which falls outside their nominal remit.  For example health professionals working in an inpatient unit may visit patients in their own homes.  This should be recorded as a ‘home care’ consultation, using Section 3.  Consultations which take place in Day Care should be recorded, either as an outpatient consultation (see Section 6), or as a Day Therapy consultation (Section 2), as appropriate.  Detailed descriptions of ‘what to count where’ are included in each section of the Guides.

Teams providing an integrated service, at home and in the hospital, should complete both Section 3 and Section 4 – see Guides for further details on how to record.