Referral in. Named clinician out. Every reason recorded.

Assign is in service. Work the sequence below on a synthetic referral: draft the requirements, accept them as a clinical lead, and read the ranked shortlist.

REF-4821 · Primary care

Received 2026-08-11 09:14 UTC

Adult, 34, self-referred through the practice after two missed appointments.

Speaks Urdu at home and would prefer to be seen in Urdu if possible.

Previous discharge letter notes structured psychological therapy was of benefit.

Unable to travel more than four miles; no access to a car.

Synthetic record

Press once. The referral becomes a signed requirement set and a ranked shortlist.

The workflow

01

Requirement drafting

The referral text becomes an explicit list of workforce requirements — band, language, training currency, travel — each traced back to the sentence it came from. Nothing is inferred about the person's condition.

02

Clinical sign-off

Urgency is set by a named registered clinician and stamped with their registration number. Until a clinical lead accepts the requirement set it stays a proposal.

Urgency

Set by K. Marsden · Clinical lead · NMC 74RB1209E · 2026-08-11 10:02:18 UTC

03

Ranking in plain English

Clinicians are ordered by requirements met and unmet. Each position states its reason in a sentence a coordinator can read out in a handover.

Ranked second of eleven

02A. RahmanBand 6

Band 6+ · met
Urdu spoken · met
Site within 4 miles · met
CBT currency · unmet

Ranked second because Urdu is preferred, not required.

04

Override capture

Coordinators pick someone other than the top match constantly. The reason is captured in one field, at the moment of the decision, with the name and the time.

Override reason

Recorded with the coordinator's name and a UTC timestamp.

The sealed record

This is the record, not a report generated from it. Times are UTC.

2026-08-11 09:14:02Referral receivedPrimary care · REF-4821
2026-08-11 09:31:47Requirements draftedProposal · pending sign-off
2026-08-11 10:02:18Requirements acceptedK. Marsden · Clinical lead · NMC 74RB1209E
2026-08-11 10:04:55Match proposedS. Okonkwo ranked first of eleven
2026-08-11 10:19:09Override recordedD. Whitlock · Coordinator · existing therapeutic relationship
2026-08-11 10:20:31BookedA. Rahman · 2026-08-19 14:30 · Neighbourhood centre
2026-08-11 10:44:12ConfirmedAppointment message sent and acknowledged
2026-08-11 10:44:13SealedRecord closed to further edit

Synthetic composite record — illustrative

What Assign does not do

Assign does not set clinical urgency. A registered clinician does, and their registration number is on the record.
Assign does not diagnose, triage, or assess risk.
Assign extracts workforce facts only: band, language, training currency, travel and availability.
Nothing Assign produces reaches a patient without a named member of staff accepting it first.
The audit log is append-only. Records are sealed, not edited.