PDS - Address Details
The local patient address fields in Vision 3 are:
- House name
- Number and road
- Locality
- Town
- County
- Postcode
The first five of these populate lines 1-5 of the address in a PDS synchronisation message all with a maximum space of 35 characters in length. Only Main Address details synchronise with the PDS.
Furthermore, any new addresses entered are validated to ensure that either line 1 or 2 is populated as well as line 4. Invalid addresses do not save to the database and are not sent to the PDS.
Note - The acceptable format for a postcode is one with an outcode and an incode, separated by a space, for example, SW8 3QJ. Any leading and trailing spaces are removed automatically by Vision 3 before they transmit to the PDS.
Note - To print this topic select Print 
in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.
in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.
