EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE
The type of Emergency Care Department.
Format / Length
an2
Description
EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE is the same as attribute EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE.
National Codes
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
|
01 |
Emergency departments are a CONSULTANT led 24 hour service with full resuscitation facilities and designated accommodation for the reception of emergency care PATIENTS |
|
02 |
CONSULTANT led mono specialty emergency care service (e.g. ophthalmology, dental) with designated accommodation for the reception of PATIENTS |
|
03 |
Other type of A&E/minor injury ACTIVITY with designated accommodation for the reception of emergency care PATIENTS. The department may be doctor led, GENERAL PRACTITIONER led or NURSE led and treats at least minor injuries and illnesses and can be routinely accessed without APPOINTMENT. A SERVICE mainly or entirely APPOINTMENT based (for example a GP Practice or Out-Patient Clinic) is excluded even though it may treat a number of PATIENTS with minor illness or injury. Includes Urgent Treatment Centres. Excludes NHS walk-in centres |
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04 |
NHS walk in centres |
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05 |
Ambulatory Emergency Care Service. Note this is only valid for piloting purposes in the CDS V6-2-3 Type 011 - Emergency Care Commissioning Data Set and must not be submitted in the Patient Level Information Costing System Integrated Data Set - Emergency Care (Acute) |
Also Known As
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| Plural | EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPES |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
|---|---|---|
| Data Set | CDS V6-2-3 Type 011 - Emergency Care CDS | references in description EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
| XML Schema Constraint | Commissioning Data Set Version 6-2-3 XML Schema Constraints | references in description EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
| Data Element | EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE | references in description EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
