1. Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS)
General Show and Tell No.12, 08 November 2017
Peter Sherratt, ECDS implementation lead (NHS Digital)
Version: v1.0
The ECDS project is a collaborative project between the Department of Health, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, NHS England, NHS Digital, NHS Improvement, NHS Providers and Public Health England. This document has been produced on behalf
of the ECDS Project Board in collaboration with the organisations listed above.

2. This includes all webinars and downloads
Before we start
We are recording the webinar for the benefit of others
Please send your comments and questions via the WebEx chat function to “everyone”
We’ll share the slides etc. after the meeting
Supporting documents are available on the ECDS web page (
This includes all webinars and downloads
Next general show and tell is 13th 2pm
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3. On this afternoon’s call:
Crib sheets
An update on streaming and counting guidance
ECDS animation for ED staff
An update for DSCROs
Early adopters bonus and CQUIN DQ
General QA

4. Quick progress update:
About 25% of the NHS is now live with ECDS
We are expecting a surge to meet the 1 December CQUIN date

5. ECDS Go Lives The following providers are live with ECDS:
R0A MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
R1K LONDON NORTH WEST HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
RA2 ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RA4 YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RA7 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RAP NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
RAX KINGSTON HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RBA TAUNTON AND SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RBS ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RCB YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RCF AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RCU SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RDE COLCHESTER HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
REP LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RF4 BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
RFR THE ROTHERHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RGN NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RGT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RHM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RHW ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RJF BURTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RJR COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RLN CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RM3 SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RN5 HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RP5 DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RR1 HEART OF ENGLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RRV UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RTP SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
RVY SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
RWE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST
RWW WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RX1 NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
RXQ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
RXW SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

6. Crib sheets
Peter Sherratt, NHS Digital

7. Four crib sheets are available
Reception staff guidance
Acuity / chief complaint [NB: Lorenzo]
Injury guidance
Common diagnoses
We are now able to post 10 copies of each per ED to you on request.
with:
Receiving person’s name
Address
How many ED’s it’s for (or one request per ED)
You may already have downloaded and printed local copies (
If there are spare copies and you need more, we will send these later.

8. Streaming guidance
Peter Sherratt, NHS Digital on behalf of NHS Improvement

9. Streaming Existing technical guidance October letter from Jim Mackey
Updated guidance is being produced
Spring update to technical counting guidelines

10. ECDS animation for ED staff
Peter Sherratt, NHS Digital

11. ECDS Animation Aimed at ED staff Only 2 minutes long
Explains why ECDS is so important
Please watch it and share it!
It’s really good…

12. DSCRO update
Peter Sherratt, NHS Digital

13. DSCRO update The IGARD process is underway
We expect another few weeks before approval
The extract spec has been presented by SUS+
See SUS+ pages on extract specifications

14. Early adopter bonus and CQUIN DQ
Presented by Pete Sherratt

15. Early adopters bonus
In the next few weeks we’ll have the first results on DQ
Initially we’ll focus on diagnosis and chief complaint (for CQUIN)
The “final” report for this quarter (Oct-Dec) should be run in early January
You may resubmit to maximise CQUIN DQ until that point
We’ll then make a recommendation to NHS England regarding early adopter bonus

16. General QA – your questions

17. Next webinar is 13th December @ 2pm
Future webinars….
They’re totally open – invite anyone
Future topics will include:
Lessons learned and case studies
The maintenance of ECDS
Let us know anything particular you’d like us to cover again or in more detail
Next webinar is 13th 2pm
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