Priority Type (New Patients)

Change History
DSCN 2020 / 23	Eye Care Prioritisation Measures (AMD)
DSCN 2018 / 07	Eye Care Prioritisation Measures
DDCN 2014 / 04	Priority Type (New Patients)
DSCN 2012 / 11	Elective Admission List Data Set (EAL Ds)
DSCN 2010 / 06	Outpatient Activity Minimum Data Set (OP MDS) Data Validity Standards
DSCN (2006) 02 (W)	This change is to clarify the definition of the data item 'Priority Type' in the NHS Wales Data Dictionary and to instruct the Trusts to place 'soon' priorities into the 'urgent' category.

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

Data Set / Collection	Valid From	Valid To
EAL ds	1^st April 1999	21^st November 2012
OP ds	1^st April 1999

This is the priority of a request for services and is to be recorded for new attendances only, that is, where ‘Attendance Category’= 1. In the case of services to be provided by a Consultant, it is as assessed by or on behalf of the Consultant.

For a Follow Up Attendance or a Pre-Operative Assessment Attendance, Priority Type must be blank.

Note: Priority Type can be defined more precisely if this is needed for local purposes, as long as the classifications can be mapped back to the national ones. Appointments which have been classified as 'soon' locally must be defined as 'Urgent' in the datasets. This excludes Ophthalmology specialty (where the new clinical prioritisation process has been applied.)

Format: 1 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
1	Routine	1^st April 1999
2	Urgent	1^st April 1999
Ophthalmology speciality (where the new clinical prioritisation process has been applied)
4	Personalised Target	1^st September 2018