Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 16 May 2025 | Updated: 205 days ago
CUREd+ Linked Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) - Emergency Department (ED) attendances
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
This dataset contains structured records of attendances at Emergency Departments (EDs) in England. It includes information on patient demographics, presenting complaints, investigations, diagnoses, acuity, treatments, and discharge destination. It is based on the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) minimum dataset mandated by NHS England and submitted routinely by EDs as part of national reporting requirements.
ECDS replaced the HES A&E dataset as the national standard for Emergency Department data collection from 2018. While both datasets overlapped between 2018 and 2020, ECDS provides broader and more structured clinical information.
Is Part Of:
CUREd+ Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research Database; HES (Hospital Episode Statistics)
Coverage
Spatial:
England
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Unknown
Pathway:
Urgent and Emergency Care
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Administrative
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
01 October 2018
End Date:
30 March 2023
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Data can only be accessed within the University of Sheffield"s Secure Data
Services environment. Approved users will be provided with credentials and
training once their device has been approved.
Access Request Cost:
Data from this dataset would typically be provided as part of a linked extract,
including data from multiple CUREd+ datasets. The cost of an extract varies
according to the technical specifications - a quote will be provided based on
the estimated time required from Data Managers, Data Scientists and Project
Managers. It is likely to be between £15,000 - £30,000
Delivery Lead Time:
2-6 months
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
University of Sheffield
Data Processor:
University of Sheffield
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
- Research use only
- No linkage
- Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Collaboration required
- Ethics approval required
- Geographical restrictions
- Time limit on use
- Disclosure control
- Not for profit use
- Return to database or resource
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
We gratefully acknowledge the University of Sheffield Data Connect Service, which provided data management support and the data extract from the CUREd+ Research Database, and the University of Sheffield Secure Data Services who hosted the data in the secure data environment. This work uses data provided by patients and collected by the NHS as part of their care and support. Funding for the data preparation of the CUREd+ Research Database was funded in part by the Connected Cities study, now continued through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration and the NHS England Yorkshire & Humber Secure Data Environment. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not represent those of The University of Sheffield, NHSA, NHS, NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- ICD10
- SNOMED CT
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- OPCS4
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
- Parquet
- CSV
Enrichment and Linkage
Qualified Relations:
- CUREd+ Linked Yorkshire Ambulance Service Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) [from CUREd]
- CUREd+ Linked Yorkshire Ambulance Service Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
- CUREd+ Linked Yorkshire Ambulance Service Electronic Patient Records (EPR)
- CUREd+ Linked HES Accident & Emergency (A&E) - Emergency Department (ED) attendances
- CUREd+ Linked HES Admitted Patient Care (APC) episodes
- CUREd+ Linked HES Outpatient (OP) episodes
- CUREd+ Linked Demographics
- CUREd+ Linked Civil Registrations of Deaths (CRD)
- CUREd+ Linked Medicines Dispensed in Primary Care (MDPC)
- CUREd+ Linked Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS)
- CUREd+ Linked Yorkshire Ambulance Service 111 calls
- CUREd+ Linked Yorkshire Ambulance Service 111 calls [from CUREd]