Patient ID Number Input and Display

Checklist

Full List of Guidance Points

The following table lists all of the guidance points in order. Click on a guidance ID to find it in the guide.

ID Guideline Compliance
NUM-0001 Display the patient identification number in full, on a single line, without truncation or splitting it over multiple lines Mandatory
NUM-0002 Display the NHS number as three groups, with a single space included as a separator between groups, as follows: the first group must consist of the first, second and third digits in order; the second group must consist of the fourth, fifth and sixth digits in order; the third group must consist of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth digits in order Mandatory
NUM-0011 Permit only one patient identification number to be entered in a patient identification number input box Mandatory
NUM-0018 Do not permit input of old format and temporary patient identification numbers Mandatory