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NHS number
Information category:
May be held by:
Local Authority data is held by an upper-tier (U) or lower-tier (L) authority in two-tier areas
Identifiers
Care provider
Local Authority (U) - Technology Enabled Living service
NHS - Community Trust
NHS - Acute Trust
NHS - GP
Local Authority (U) - Social Care
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Priority information for:
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Comments:
The NHS number has been mandated in law as the single identifier to be used across health and social care.
It is often (but not always) held in the local authority's adult social care case management system, but less often by care providers, and seldom in care tech systems.
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