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Scotland Accident and Emergency

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2011

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

This dataset includes data items from the national A&E DataMart, the Community Health Index (CHI) database and derived chronic conditions items based on linked hospital admissions data

Documentation

The A&E datamart was established in June 2007 to monitor the compliance of each NHS Board against the 4 hour wait standard. In July 2010 the A&E data mart was extended further to collect items such as diagnosis, several injury fields and an alcohol involved flag, which will be used to identify whether the patient’s alcohol consumption was a factor in the attendance. The collection of the new fields has been driven by a variety of SG policy decisions and interest from a number of organisations. Although there is now the facility to submit these additional fields, completeness and quality of the data is generally poor and further development is needed to improve it. There are two types of data submitted to the A&E datamart: episode and aggregate level data. All hospitals with Emergency Departments submit episode level data containing a detailed record for each patient attendance. Some smaller sites with minor injury units or community hospitals only submit aggregate files containing monthly summary attendance and compliance figures only. This is because they do not have the information systems and support to enable collection of detailed patient based information. Sites that submit episode level data account for around 97% of all attendances at A&E. This linked version of the dataset includes only A&E data submitted at episode level. Additional items are included to enable further analysis: chronic conditions flags, based on historic hospital admissions data; a care home flag derived from the CHI database

Dataset type

Health and disease

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Findings

0

Count

01 Feb 2026

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Care

Collection source setting

Secondary care - Accident and Emergency

Patient pathway description

Secondary care data only

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

15/04/2026

Distribution release date

28/07/2024

Citation Requirements

National Services Scotland;,;Public Health Scotland

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2011

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Dataset completeness

https://publichealthscotland.scot/our-areas-of-work/acute-and-emergency-services/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/metadata/data-quality/

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

OTHER

Controlled vocabulary

NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES

Format

text, csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Access rights

https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/services-we-offer/

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access request cost

https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/cost-of-services/

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Scottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment: https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Collaboration required,Institution-specific restrictions,Not for profit use

Data Controller

Public Health Scotland

Data Processor

National Services Scotland

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Secondary care - Accident and Emergency