Emergency care data set (pilot) Direction 2016

A Direction given by the Secretary of State for Health requiring NHS Digital to establish and operate an informatics system for the collection of emergency care data.

Purpose

To determine the impact of a proposed new data set for emergency care on the current Commissioning Dataset for emergency care, and to produce aggregate statistics to demonstrate the benefits of the new data items.

Legal basis

Sections 254(1) and (6), 260(2)(d), 261(3), 274(2) and 304(9), (10) and (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and Regulation 32 of the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013.

NHS Digital must have regard to and comply with the Directions to NHS Digital to process Type 2 objections.

The Direction came into force on 1 December 2016.

Learn more about this Direction

Emergency care data set (pilot) directions December 2016

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Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS)

The Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) is the national data set for urgent and emergency care. It replaced Accident & Emergency Commissioning Data Set (CDS type 010) and was implemented through: ECDS (CDS 6.2.2 Type 011)

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