Referral

If you select to create a Referral, the following merge fields are available, as well as those listed in Practice and Patient:

Remember - Repeats, Drug Allergy, Medical History and Problems are available as merge fields only if selected in Options for Repeats, Allergies, Histories and Problems Merge Fields.
  • REFERRAL_Event_Date - The date on Referral Add.
  • REFERRAL_Clinician - The GP making the referral.
  • REFERRAL_Read_Term - The Read description on Referral Add.
  • REFERRAL_Consultant - The consultation at the hospital or provider to which the referral is made.
  • REFERRAL_Consultant_title.
  • REFERRAL_Consultant_forename.
  • REFERRAL_Consultant_surname.
  • REFERRAL_Department - The department at the provider, if entered in Organisations, File Maintenance.
  • REFERRAL_Provider - The hospital or provider to which the referral is made.
  • REFERRAL_House.
  • REFERRAL_Road.
  • REFERRAL_Locality.
  • REFERRAL_Town.
  • REFERRAL_County.
  • REFERRAL_Postcode.
  • REFERRAL_BlockAddress - The house, road, locality, town, county and postcode of the provider.
  • REFERRAL_Action_Date- By default, this is 21 days from the event date on Referral Add.
  • REFERRAL_Urgency - If selected on Referral Add.
  • REFERRAL_Organisation_code - If entered in Organisations in File Maintenance in Control Panel.
  • REFERRAL_Hospital_number - The patient's hospital number, entered in Registration - Identifiers.
  • REFERRAL_NHS_speciality.
  • REFERRAL_Referring_GP_GMP_code - The GMP code of the referring GP.
  • REFERRAL_Referring_GP_PPA_code - The PPA code of the referring GP.
  • REFERRAL_Reg_GP_GMP_code - The GMP code of the patient's registered GP.
  • REFERRAL_UBRN - The unique booking number used by eReferral referrals.
  • REPEATS - The patient's repeat masters.
  • DRUG_ALLERGY - The patient's drug allergies.
  • MEDICAL_HISTORY - The patient's medical histories; the priorities displayed are selected globally in Options for Repeats, Allergies, Histories and Problems Merge Fields.
  • PROBLEMS - Any active problems.
  • CURRENT_CONSULTATION - Data in the current open consultation for the patient.

For Vision Anywhere referral templates, you can add a REFERRAL_Content merge field, this displays any free text added to the referral:

  • Click where you want the merge data to display, press <Ctrl + F9> and then type REFERRAL_Content between the brackets, {REFERRAL_Content}.