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Design Guidance - Patient Banner (PDF Format)

Patient Banner

Structure

Data and Label Formats

Diagram of a patient identification number with the label 'NHS No.' and the text '129 728 7652' in which a callout draws attention to the label text

PAB-0044

Display labels in the style given to label text

Mandatory

Diagram of a patient identification number with the label 'NHS No.' and the text '129 728 7652' in which a callout draws attention to the data text (the patient identification number)

PAB-0045

Display values in the style given to data text

Mandatory

PAB-0046

Give more emphasis to the value text style relative to the label text style

Mandatory

Diagram of a date of birth with the label 'Born' and the text '14-Jul-1945 (61y)' in which a callout draws attention to the space (and no colon) between the label and the date

PAB-0042

Do not add a colon after the label text

Mandatory

PAB-0043

Do not include unnecessary punctuation in a label

Recommended

Illustration showing a label of 'Phone and email' followed by the text 'Not Known'

PAB-0019

If an individual data item is not known, or is otherwise unavailable, a blank string or appropriate self explanatory text (such as 'Not Known', but not a '?') is to be displayed immediately after the corresponding data label

Mandatory