DAPB0092-2062 : Commissioning Data Sets: Emergency Care Data Set

About this information standard

The Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) enables the capture of information about:

the complexity and acuity of attending patients
the causes of rising demand
the value added by emergency departments.

It also allows for:

the capture of diagnostic data to ensure an enhanced understanding of need, activity and outcomes
consistent monitoring of data across local and national initiatives
support for injury surveillance, such that it will be possible to identify patterns that may be amenable to targeted interventions and improved public health.

This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. An Information Standards Notice (see below) provides an overview of scope and implementation timescales, and the other listed documents provide further detail for those who have to implement the information standard.

Current release

Release date	10/01/2023
Release number	Amd 17/2022
Release title	ECDS v4.0
Stage	Implementation
Key documents	Information Standards Notice (Amd 17/2022) Requirements Specification (Amd 17/2022) Change Specification v1.1 (April 2023) (Amd 17/2022) Implementation Guidance (Amd 17/2022) Technical Output Specification v1.2 (January 2024) (Amd 17/2022) Corrigendum (April 2023) (Amd 17/2022)
Supporting documents	User Guidance (ECDS webpages) NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1869 NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1869 (data set) NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1896 XML Schema (external site, registration required)
Note	ISB 0092 is the overarching information standard for the Commissioning Data Sets, refer to this for submission of existing CDS types.

Previous releases

CDS Version 6.2.3 Type 011

Release date	10/09/2020
Release number	Amd 19/2020
Release title	CDS Version 6.2.3 Type 011
Stage	Maintenance
Key documents	Information Standards Notice (Amd 19/2020) Requirements Specification (Amd 19/2020) Change Specification (Amd 19/2020) Implementation Guidance (Amd 19/2020) Technical Output Specification v1.2 (Amd 19/2020) (February 2022) [Archive Content]
Supporting documents	User Guidance NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1740 NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1740 (data set) XML Schema (external site, registration required)
Note	ISB 0092 is the overarching information standard for the Commissioning Data Sets, refer to this for submission of existing CDS types.

CDS Version 6.2.2 Type 011

Release date	07/11/2018
Release number	Amd 34/2018
Stage	Retirement
Key documents	Requirements Specification (Amd 34/2018) Change Specification (Amd 34/2018) Implementation Guidance (Amd 34/2018) Information Standards Notice (Amd 34/2018) Technical Output Specification v2.1 (March 2019) [Archive Content] Corrigendum (March 2019)
Supporting documents	NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1654 NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1654 (data set) NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1715 (March 2019 )

Version 6.2.1: Addition of Type 011: Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS)

Release date	19/04/2017
Release number	Amd 17/2015
Stage	Retirement
Key documents	Requirements Specification (Amd 17/2015) [Archive Content] Change Specification (Amd 17/2015) [Archive Content] Implementation Guidance (Amd 17/2015) [Archive Content] Information Standards Notice (Amd 17/2015) [Archive Content] Technical Output Specification v1.01 (Amd 17/2015) [Archive Content] Corrigendum (October 2017) Corrigendum (March 2019)
Supporting documents	NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1598 (Amd 17/2015) NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request Data Set 1598 (Amd 17/2015) NHS Data Model and Dictionary Change Request 1717 (March 2019)

Updates

Update 23 January 2024: Publication of updated Technical Output Specification (uplifted to document version 1.2 January 2024) with respect to ECDS v4.0. The EMED3 FIT NOTE ISSUER data item was included as a pilot item in ECDS v4.0. To align with DAPB4011eMED3 (fit notes) in Secondary Care, all eligible providers are now required to collect and submit this this data item.

Update 17 April 2023: Publication of updated Change Specification and Technical Output Specification (uplifted to document version 1.1 April 2023). Full details of corrections are outlined in the associated Corrigendum (April 2023).

Update 1 March 2023: CDS Version 6.2.2 Type 11 has been marked as retired.

Update 10 January 2023: Publication of Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) (Amd 17/2022). With the publication of this latest version, CDS Version 6.2.3 Type 011 has moved from implementation to maintenance, CDS Version 6.2.2 Type 011 will be retired on 1 March 2023.

Update 2 March 2022: Publication of updated Technical Output Specification (TOS) with respect to CDS Version 6.2.3 Type 011 (Amd 19/2020). Editorial corrections to the TOS have been made, information about the changes can be found in the Change Control tab of the TOS (uplifted to document version 1.2 February 2022).

Update 26 January 2022: Publication of updated Technical Output Specification (TOS) in respect of CDS Version 6.2.3 Type 011 (Amd 19/2020). Editorial corrections to the TOS have been made, information about the changes can be found in the Change Control tab of the TOS (uplifted to document version 1.1 January 2022).