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Errors when uploading a patient list
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If you experience this alert when uploading your patient list, it means that there is one or more formatting errors in the patient list you uploaded.

Error types
There are 4 different error types that can happen when uploading a patient list:
Invalid date of birth
- Wrong format: Where the format is not one of the accepted formats (see below)
- Incorrect birth year: Where the year of birth is either in the future (e.g. 2051) or earlier than 1900 (e.g. 1871).
Invalid NHS number
- Incorrect format: Where an NHS number is not 10 numbers, or where it includes any special characters (e.g. -./&+)
Missing date of birth
- Where the date of birth is missing from the cell.
Missing NHS number
- Where the NHS number is missing from the cell.
A correctly formatted patient list
Format your patient list so it ONLY contains NHS numbers in column A and dates of birth in column B. There should not be a header in row 1.

A correct formatted patient list must ONLY contain:
Column A: NHS numbers containing 10 numbers
Column B: Dates of birth in following formats:
- DD/MM/YYYY
- DD-MM-YYYY
- DD/MMM/YYYY
- DD-MMM-YYYY
- YYYY/MM/DD
- YYYY-MM-DD
If you need any support with errors when uploading a patient list, please contact support@appt-health.co.uk.
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