Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 228 days ago
Documentation
Associated Media:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/information-standards/information-standards-and-data-collections-including-extractions/publications-and-notifications/standards-and-collections/dcb0092-2062-commissioning-data-sets-emergency-care-data-set
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/emergency-care-data-set-ecds
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/emergency-care-data-set-ecds-data-quality
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/dars-guidance#guidance-on-applying-for-emergency-care-data-set-ecds-through-dars
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/emergency-care-data-set-ecds/ecds-latest-update#enhanced-tos
Description:
The Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) is the national data set for urgent and emergency care. It replaced Accident & Emergency Commissioning Data Set (CDS type 010) and was implemented through: ECDS (CDS 6.2.2 Type 011). ECDS allows NHS Digital to provide information to support the care provided in emergency departments by including the data items needed to understand capacity and demand and help improve patient care.
ECDS Type 011 is better equipped to keep pace with the increasing complexity of delivering emergency care than its predecessor. This means that the improved quality of data collected in emergency departments provides better support to healthcare planning and better-informed decision making on improvements to services.
This improved data helps improve understanding of: The complexity and acuity of attending patients The causes of rising demand The value added by emergency departments.
ECDS also allows: The capture of better diagnostic data to ensure an enhanced understanding of need, activity and outcomes. Consistent monitoring of data across local and national initiatives support for injury surveillance, such that it will be possible to identify patterns that may be amenable to targeted interventions and improved public health. Which in turn informs more effective and efficient resource deployment.
Please note, data can be submitted to the ECDS on a daily basis, however data extracts are made available via the DARS process on the second Thursday of each month, comprising provisional data for the full financial year up to and including the penultimate full month prior to the publication date. For example: Data for events that occurred 01/04/2020 to 31/10/2020 is made available via DARS extract on 10/12/2020.
Timescales for dissemination of agreed data can be found under "Our Service Levels" at the following link: [https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process](https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process)
Coverage
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Urgent and Emergency care
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Monthly
Start Date:
10 January 2017
Time Lag:
1-2 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either
by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE). Secure
file transfer: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/transfer-data-securely DAE:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-dae
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-ENG
Data Controller:
NHS England (NHSE)
Data Processor:
NHS England (NHSE)
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
Resource Creators:
NHS ENGLAND
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- SNOMED CT
- ODS
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
A&E attendances in ECDS (Emergency Care Dataset) for the month of October 2020
1420000
Count
06 November 0021