Date of Referral

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

The date that the referral was received by the agency.

For referrals by telephone, letter, email, online or fax, the date of referral should be recorded as the date the telephone call was made or the date the letter, email etc was received by the agency.

Prison Referrals:

If a referral is received for a client whilst in prison, the referral date will be the date the client is released from prison.

If the agency begins working with a client before they are released the original referral date should be used as the date of referral.

Format: CCYY-MM-DD