Element to list patient numbers. Multiple NI entries can be present for cases where a patient may have an English NHS number and a Scottish NHS number. Typically a site would send the patients NHS number and their localhospital number.
Schema
Example
<Patient> <PatientNumbers> <PatientNumber> <Number>200012345</Number> <Organization>UKRR</Organization> <NumberType>NI</NumberType> </PatientNumber> <PatientNumber> <Number>BD123456</Number> <Organization>LOCALHOSP</Organization> <NumberType>MRN</NumberType> </PatientNumber> </PatientNumbers> </Patient>
Organization Options
Organization | Description |
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NHS | NHS Number (England and Wales) |
CHI | NHS Number (Scotland) |
HSC | NHS Number (Ireland) |
UKRR | UK Renal Registry |
SRR | Scottish Renal Registry |
NHSBT | NHS Blood and Transplant |
RADAR | Rare Disease Registry |
BAPN | British Association for Paediatric Nephrology |
LOCALHOSP | Local Hospital Number |
UKRR_UID | UKRR Unique Indentifier for Refused Consent Patients |
STUDYNO | Study ID (SendingFacility = Study) |
Number Types
NumberType | Description |
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MRN | Primary Identifier for the Organisation |
NI | National Identifier - For 3rd Party Identifiers such as NHS Numbers |