Referral to treatment times

OTs working in England should be aware that collecting data on ‘referral to treatment times’ (RTT) was mandatory from 1 April 2011 for those delivering NHS funded services in community, acute and mental health settings.

This will initially include local data collection while progress to national data collection continues. OTs are encouraged to base local data collection on the Community Information Data Set which will provide the standards for eventual national data collection. Technical guidance about this can be found at:

www.ic.nhs.uk/services/in-development/community-information-programme/co...
 
The Department of Health published the Allied Health Professions Referral to Treatment Guide in 2010, with revised guidance produced in 2011which OTs are advised to read:
 
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPoli...
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPoli...