An Accident and Emergency Departure Time is an ACTIVITY DATE TIME.

An Accident and Emergency Departure Time is the time recorded using a 24 hour clock that a PATIENT leaves an Accident and Emergency Department after an Accident and Emergency Attendance has concluded.

• This time will be different from the Accident and Emergency Attendance Conclusion Time for PATIENTS who wait for patient transport or who are LODGED PATIENTS prior to admission to a WARD.
• The PATIENT may leave the Accident and Emergency Department temporarily during an Accident and Emergency Attendance, for example, for an X-ray but they remain under the care of an Accident and Emergency CONSULTANT.

For guidance on the use of this data item in the Accident and Emergency Clinical Quality Indicators, further information is available on the Department of Health National Archives at: A&E clinical quality indicators: Implementation guidance and data definitions.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	A and E Departure Time
plural	Accident and Emergency Departure Times