Any clinical care activity performed by an allied health service provider that contributes to clinical care but cannot be assigned to an individual patient.

Allied health non-individual patient attributable activity will be counted using various parameters. The sum total of allied health non-individual patient attributable activity for each allied health service provider is limited to a single day duration i.e. maximum of 1,440 minutes.

An allied health non-individual patient attributable activity is performed by an allied health service provider within the professions identified in Allied health service event—provider profession, code AA[AAA]

NIPA is any clinical care activity undertaken by an allied health professional, assistant or student that contributes to clinical care (activities which provide a service to an individual, group or community to influence health status) but cannot be assigned to an individual patient.

For example:

Delivery of a group programme too large to allocate time to patients individually; where the identity of the patient(s) cannot be determined or the overhead to determine is excessive; case meetings, case consultations and ward rounds where it is not practicable to assign time to patients individually; planning for a group treatment programme; design, preparation and implementation of clinical/education products after concept approval obtained; health promotion targeting a large group/population; travel related to any of the above.

The date which an allied health activity occurred, expressed as DDMMYYYY.