ECDS allows NHS England to provide information to support the care provided in emergency departments by including the data items needed to understand capacity and demand and help improve patient care.
The Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) collects information about why people attend emergency departments and the treatment they receive to:
improve patient care through better and more consistent information allow better planning of healthcare services improve communication between health professionals
This extra analysis is performed as part of the A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions dataset.