PAS Inpatient - method of admission

Waiting List, - Patients who have sat on a Consultants list awaiting a date for admission. Not used for emergency admissions.

Booked, - Patients who have been given a date of admission when the decision to admit was made e.g. at the outpatient appointment. Not used for emergency admissions.

Planned, - Patients admitted as a sequence of care and have been given an estimated date of admission e.g. 3 months time. Not used for emergency admissions.

Other not Immediate , - DO NOT USE: This should only be used in conjunction with the Source of Admission Other provider unit within Hosp

Accident & Emergency, - If a patient has attended the Emergency Department, and has been referred by the Emergency Department Consultant to the ward.

Emergency GP, - If a GP has referred the patient to the hospital, this could be either a GP at the registered practice or the out of hours doctors.

Emergency, Bed clinic, - DO NOT USE

Emergency, OP clinic, - Patient attends outpatients as an emergency and is admitted from that clinic.

Emergency, Dom visit, - DO NOT USE

Other Immediate, - DO NOT USE

Maternity Anti Partum, - A maternity patient who is admitted for a maternity stay prior to delivery.

Maternity Post Partum, - A maternity patient who is admitted after the birth.

Hospital Other prov, - If a patient is admitted from another hospital NOT within your Trust/Provider

Born in Hospital in Trust, - Any baby born in hospital within your Trust.

Born Outside hospital, - Any baby born outside hospital and then admitted.

Not Known, - DO NOT USE

MH Crisis Resolution, - Admission via Mental Health Crisis Resolution Team.

A&E Other Prov, – Not Adm - Emergency Department of another provider where the patient had not been admitted.

Emerg - Oth Prov, - Adm - Transfer of an admitted patient from another Hospital Provider in an Emergency.

Baby Born Home Intend , - Baby born at home as intended.

Other Emerg Admission, – Use this option when no other emergency method is applicable.

Hospital within Provider, - This must only be used when admitting a patient from another hospital within the same Provider/Trust, and should be used in conjunction with the Source of Admission of Other Hospital within provider.