Overview

This section describes the consultation data models. Together, they represent both the overall patient encounter with the GP practice and the structured content recorded during that consultation. The models are designed so users can analyse care at two levels: the consultation as a whole, and the individual components (sections) captured during that encounter.

Model	Description
Consultation	A consultation represents an overall patient encounter, such as an appointment, telephone call, or clinical review. It holds the high-level context for that interaction, including who the consultation was for, when it happened, where it took place, and which healthcare users or organisations were involved.
Consultation Section	A consultation section represents structured part of a consultation, such as problems, history examination etc. These sections break the consultation into meaningful components and can also link through to the more detailed care records where available.

flowchart TD
patient[Patient] .-> consultation[Consultation]
organisation[Organisation] .-> consultation
user_in_role[User in Role] .-> consultation
appointment_slot[Appointment Slot] .-> consultation

consultation -- "1 to many" --> consultation_section[Consultation Section] .- link[links to underlying clinical events]

link .-> observation[Observation]
link .-> diary[Diary Entry]
link .-> issue_record[Issue Record]
link .-> test_request[Test Request]
link .-> report[Report]
link .-> care_plan_detail[Care Plan Detail]

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