UK_NHS_ID (UK - Nat hlth id)
DataModel:CDQ/Business Partner/Identifier/UK NHS ID
| Property | Value |
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| A technical identifier, unique in a certain context. Technical key | UK_NHS_ID
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| The country a linked concept is active or generally relevant for. Country scope | GB (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| Language-specific name. Monolingual name | National Health Service Number (en) |
| Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name | UK - Nat hlth id (en) |
| Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description | The NHS Number is the ten-digit identifier, including a check digit, that is issued to everyone registered with the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, usually on first registration with a general practitioner. It links a patient to their health records across the healthcare system and so ensures continuity of care. |
| Category of business identifiers. Identifier category | Identification Number |
Formal definition
| Details | Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description | The type in terms of a categorization of regular expressions. Regular expression type | TThe formal expression of a regular expression. Regular expression |
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| 0000000000EEAYNDAHXGNJTNFB | Validates the format of the British NHS number, the unique identifier used across the National Health Service to identify an individual in health records and services. The pattern accepts ten digits, conventionally written in groups of three, three and four. | IDENTIFIER_FORMAT
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^\d{3}\s?\d{3}\s?\d{4}$
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Data quality rules
| Rule | Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description | nonetheless, we continue to offer the most recent available data., The release status in terms of development progress or maturity.<br/><code>EMPTY</code> (0): No feature considered yet, just a rough idea.<br/><code>IDEA</code> (1): Just an idea, not yet designed in detail.<br/><code>DESIGN</code> (2): Software design ready, development not yet started.<br/><code>DEVELOPMENT</code> (3): Software development in progress.<br/><code>ALPHA</code> (4): First functional release, in terms of a Minimal Viable Product (MVP).<br/><code>BETA</code> (5): Tested by selected users.<br/><code>RC</code> (6): Release candidate, fully tested, not yet used in production by many customers.<br/><code>LIVE</code> (7): Used in production by customers, fully monitored and supported.<br/><code>DEPRECATED</code> (-1): End of life planned, but still available.<br/><code>EOL</code> (-2): End of life, historic service, no longer available.<br/><code>BROKEN</code> (-3): Service was used in production but is currently not available. However, CDQ tries to repair or reactivate it.<br/><code>DISCONTINUED</code> (-4): The data source has ceased providing updates Release status | Criticality<br/>Specifies how critical of the violation of a data quality rule.<br/>ERROR: Indicates a critical data quality rule violation that requires correction.<br/>WARNING: Indicates a potential data quality issue that should be reviewed.<br/>INFO: Indicates an informational finding with no immediate impact on data quality. Criticality
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| Identifier format invalid (NHS number (United Kingdom)) | The rule checks the structure of the NHS number which is ten digits, written in the format 123 456 7890.
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RELEASED
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ERROR
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