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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Current electoral ward | ||||
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| Field | currward | ||||
| Class | Geographical | ||||
| Length and format | 2a | ||||
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| Description | |||||
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This derived field contains a code which defines the current electoral ward of the patient. It is derived from the patient's postcode in the field homeadd. When this field is concatenated with the other local authority component, resladst, the result is a unique value. |
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2a = Electoral ward |
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