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What an ICB contract asks of your software, already in it.

Taking NHS patients means a waiting-time clock, contract rules, monthly returns and quarterly reports. Baton keeps them as part of the work, so the figures a commissioner asks for come from the same record the clinicians use.

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One referral, week 6 Illustration

One NHS referral against its waiting-time targets A timeline from week 0 to week 18 from the date the referral was received. Targets fall at 8, 12 and 18 weeks, each with an amber warning zone in the two weeks before it. This referral was contacted in week 3 and screened in week 5, and is now in week 6, ahead of all three targets. First response · 8 weeksScreening · 12 weeksAssessment · 18 weeks Today Contactedweek 3Screenedweek 5 024681012141618 Weeks from the date the referral was received

Amber in the two weeks before each target, with a task for the Medical Director. Missed targets are urgent.

e-RS referrals recorded onceUBRN, ICB contract, referrer and date received, with contract rules checked as warnings.
Waiting times, measured and published8, 12 and 18-week targets per referral, and monthly figures your website can show.
Follow-up the contract setsThree-weekly titration reviews, then 1, 3 and 6 months and yearly, per ICB.
Coded as the NHS codesDiagnoses and activity in SNOMED CT and ICD-10, outcome measures over time.
Returns and reportsThe monthly MHSDS return, quarterly and annual commissioner reports, equality monitoring and patient feedback.
Invoicing the ICBActivity priced from the contract and invoiced monthly. Patients are never charged.
Shared care the ICB's wayEach ICB's own shared care and transition templates, filled from the record.
NHS number checks ArrivingDetails checked against the national register (PDS) once NHS access is granted.