EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE
The type of Emergency Care Department.
Description
The type of Emergency Care Department.
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 |
| 04 | NHS walk in centres |
| 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 attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| Plural | EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPES |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting Information | Commissioning Data Set Mandated Data Flows | references in description EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
| Data Element | EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE | is the data element of EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
| Data Element | EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE (PATIENT LEVEL INFORMATION COSTING) | is the data element of EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
| Class | ORGANISATION | has an attribute EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE of type EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT TYPE |
