Patient's Name

Change History
DSCN 2022 / 06	Main Specialty (Consultant) (AMD)
DSCN 2019 / 09	National Cancer Data Standards for Wales – Core
DSCN 2016 / 02	Maternity Indicators Data Set
DSCN 2015 / 03	Radiotherapy Data Set

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

Data Set / Collection	Valid From	Valid To
APC ds99	1^st April 1999
EAL ds	1^st April 1999	21^st November 2012
OP ds	1^st April 1999
CC ds	1^st April 2007
OPR ds	1^st July 2008
EDDS	1^st April 2009
RTDS	1^st April 2014
MI ds	1^st April 2016
National Cancer Ds - Core

This will be the patients preferred name. The patient is the arbiter of his/her name.

Format: either structured with two 35 alpha character elements (forename followed by surname) or an unstructured string of 70 characters. Use block capitals, ignore apostrophes and insert space for hyphen. Enter surname first then as many letters of the first name as possible, leaving a blank box between each part of the name. Double-barrelled surnames should be coded in the same order as in the hospital records. Name Format Code indicates which format is being used.