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Notes:
EMERGENCY CARE ATTENDANCES TOTAL is the total number of  Accident and Emergency Attendances to the same EMERGENCY CARE FACILTY TYPE, where the A AND E ATTENDANCE CATEGORY is: 

• National Code 'First Accident and Emergency Attendance - the first in a series, or the only attendance, in a particular Accident and Emergency Episode' or
• National Code 'Follow-up Accident and Emergency Attendance - unplanned: a subsequent unplanned attendance at the same department, and for the same incident as the first attendance'.

EMERGENCY CARE ATTENDANCES TOTAL excludes attendances at a Consultant Clinic.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	EMERGENCY CARE ATTENDANCES TOTALS