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Information on which National Slot Type Appointment Categories are in which groups: GP GP Appointment Exception Reporting - Category Group Table
Outline Plan
When Roadmap status is Published (week 1):
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Suppliers to provide Solution Assurance team with necessary inputs for system testing in relation to deployment of the underlying Appointment Exception Reporting functionality, and must demonstrate compliance with test requirements
4. Updates to GPAD Data Provision Notice (DPN) specification:
The GPAD programme team will update the DPN specification (not the DPN itself, as the Information Asset Owner (IAO) has confirmed this isn't necessary) to add details of the new data variables that are to be provided by Suppliers in the regular GPAD collection. The GPAD programme team will make Practices and Suppliers aware of this via existing communication channels (NHS England » Improving GP appointment data) related to the GPAD publication
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Requirement ID | Data Item | Requirement Text | Level |
WPAD-DI-030 | Exception Reason | The Exception Reason(s) why an Appointment Slot was booked more than 14 calendar days after the booked date where an Exception Reason applies. Exception Reason(s) will only be provided for applicable Appointments, not all Appointments. These are applicable if the National Slot Type Category is either 2, 8, 9, or 17, and the time between the Appointment booked date and Appointment Date is over 14 calendar days. Group 3 National Slot Type Categories are;
Selection of Exception Reasons is optional and Practice Users may update their selection at any time. One or more Exception Reasons may be selected by Practice Users. Exception Reasons are to be ordered in the character string as: 1. Patient preferred an Appointment on a future date or at a specific time Suppliers are to report a character string to indicate Exception Reasons selected by a Practice User. Suppliers may return a 'N' to denote that no Exception Reason has been chosen, whilst 'Y' would denote the opposite. This would form a string of four characters; 'NNNN' would indicate no selection, 'YNNN' would indicate selection of the first Exception Reason, 'YNYN' would indicate multiple reasons selected and 'YYYY' would indicate that all Exception Reasons have been selected. Where there are multiple Exception Reasons to be returned for an Appointment, it will be clearly indicated that they relate to the same Appointment Slot. NB: Suppliers can engage with NHS Digital to ensure that the correct information is returned for this data item. Where the Exception Reason associated with the Appointment changes prior to the Appointment being carried out, then this change will be reflected in the delta of data to be returned. If this changes multiple times, it is not necessary to return the full history unless this is available. | MUST |
WPAD-DI-031 | Self-booking identifier | The flag which identifies an Appointment Slot as Patient-booked (e.g., via the NHS app). Format: Suppliers will return: NB: Suppliers can engage with NHS Digital to ensure that the correct information is returned for this data item. Where the Self-booking identifier associated with the Appointment changes prior to the Appointment being carried out, then this change will be reflected in the delta of data to be returned. If this changes multiple times, it is not necessary to return the full history unless this is available. | MUST |
General Practice Appointments Data Reporting: Requirement WPAD-TS3-002 link updated |
Requirement ID | Data Item | Requirement Text | Level |
WPAD-TS3-002 | Suppliers will agree with NHS Digital the exact format and structure of the csv file(s) to be submitted ahead of the first submission of data and provide copies of these as file templates. NHS Digital will make these templates available via SEFT each week. The initial format is shown in the linked Excel file below. This is to ensure consistency in the way the data is returned.
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General Practice Appointments Data Reporting: Description updated |
NHS services come under significant additional pressure over winter and holiday periods. There is already data available to aid understanding of these pressures for secondary care, but currently there are no routine measures of activity levels in General Practice. Therefore, this specification sets out the requirements for a weekly collection of data on all General Practice Appointments. Currently, this is a Practice specification but the plan is to collect this information from Primary Care Network Hubs in the future. |
Full Specification
/wiki/spaces/GPITFDS/pages/12204933128General Practice Appointments Data Reporting
Assurance Approach
This Roadmap Item is specifically addressing exception reporting within the data collection, based on the outlined selection criteria. As such, embedded within the Traceability Matrix (TM) will be a requirement specific risk log outlining the associated risks
All Suppliers are to provide either a new or updated 'General Practice Appointments Data Reporting Standard' compliance TM with their compliance evidence. The TM will indicate the level of risk mitigation evidence required for each requirement
Suppliers will be asked to demonstrate against the identified risks and the mitigations to a group of NHS Digital representatives. The acceptance of appropriate risk mitigation in relation to this requirement will form part of the overall GP Appointment Data Standard assurance