What questions do patients get asked about reasonable adjustments?
NHS England ask patients if they require any reasonable adjustments. We code this into the patients record to meet the NHS E Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag criteria.
Here's how it looks on the form:
If a patient answers 'Yes', they get shown:
How about patients who need accessible formats?
NHS England also ask patients about this too:
If a patient answers 'Yes', they get shown:
Which SNOMED codes are added?
Reasonable adjustments:
Impairment with substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day to day activity (Equality Act (2010) - 1326341000000105
Requires reasonable adjustment for health and care access (Equality Act 2010) - 1108111000000107
Consent given to upload data to Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag - 1853771000000105 (Healthtech-1 have confirmed with NHS England that this consent can be assumed, and does not have to be physically stated by the patient)
The reasonable adjustment description is added as a consultation note.
Accessible format:
Impairment with substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day to day activity (Equality Act (2010) 1326341000000105
Needs assistance with communication 737350008
The accessible format description is added as a consultation note.