Introduction

The Emergency Care Data Set Version 4 (ECDS V4) collects information about why people attend Emergency Care Departments and the treatment they receive to improve PATIENT care through better and more consistent information; allow better planning of healthcare SERVICES; improve communication between CARE PROFESSIONALS.

The Emergency Care Data Set Version 4 carries the data for Urgent and Emergency Care Activity.

Note that Emergency Care Data Set Version 4 is a Commissioning Data Set, see CDS Type.

Previous versions of Emergency Care Data Set can be found at: CDS V6-2-3 Type 011 - Emergency Care CDS. 

To access more detailed information on the Commissioning Data Sets, see the Commissioning Data Sets Introduction.

Notation

See Commissioning Data Set Notation for an explanation of Group Status and Group Repeats.

Business Rules

See Commissioning Data Set Business Rules for an explanation of the business and/or processing rules which apply to individual Data Elements.

XML Schema

For guidance on the XML Schema constraints, see the Emergency Care Data Set Version 4 XML Schema Constraints.

For guidance on downloading the XML Schema, see XML Schema TRUD Download.

Further guidance

For further information regarding the Emergency Care Data Set Version 4, see the NHS England website at: Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS).