Department Details

  1. On the new Department screen, the Organisation is filled in automatically.
  2. NHS Speciality - Departments within Organisations can also be classified according to specialty. Select from the picklist - see NHS Specialities.
  3. HA Speciality - The official list of 17 specialties is shorter than the NHS Speciality list and used for Referral Report purposes:

Dermatology

Ear, Nose and Throat

General Medical

General Surgical

Genito-Urinary

Geriatrics

Gynaecology

Neurology

Non-referral report*

Obstetrics

Ophthalmology

Orthopaedic

Other*

Paediatrics

Pathology

Psychiatry

Rheumatology

X-ray

* A referral to a department where the Department is classed as Non-Referral Report will not appear on referral statistics on the Referrals Report.

  1. Name - Enter the name of the department in free text, for example, Cardiology Dept. Try to make the Department names consistent because on Referral Add in Consultation Manager, departments are listed in alphabetical order for selection (regardless of order in which they were entered in File Maintenance). In Name, either put the department name first (Radiology Dept, Orthopaedic Dept); or start them all with Dept of or Dept. of with a full stop, but do not mix the two.
  2. Mnemonic - This is a mandatory entry that must be unique. Try and make is useful, reflecting the name of the department, for example HAEM for Haematology. Up to 5 characters are available here.
  3. Valid From / Valid Until - Optional entry - This is the start date of the association of the Department with the practice. Entering any end date, if relevant, will make the department invalid.
  4. Inactive - Only check this box if the Department is no longer to appear in Department lists (eg in Referrals on Consultation Manager).