This field, which is derived from the patient's postcode in the field HOMEADD, represents the 2011 Census middle layer SOA (MSOA) code for England and Wales and intermediate zone for Scotland. Pseudo codes are included for Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The field will otherwise be blank for postcodes with no grid reference. N.B. this field remains blank for Scottish postcodes until this information is released. The first character is either E for England or W for Wales. The next two characters are 02 for Middle Layer and the remaining six characters make up the unique 6-digit tag for each zone.|This field, which is derived from the patient's postcode in the field HOMEADD, represents the 2011 Census middle layer SOA (MSOA) code for England and Wales and intermediate zone for Scotland. Pseudo codes are included for Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The field will otherwise be blank for postcodes with no grid reference. N.B. this field remains blank for Scottish postcodes until this information is released. The first character is either E for England or W for Wales. The next two characters are 02 for Middle Layer and the remaining six characters make up the unique 6-digit tag for each zone.

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