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  • Emergency care activity returns and guidance

    Topics:
    • DoH Statistics and Research, 
    • Emergency care statistics, 
    • Hospital information branch (HIB) returns

    Date published: 7 March 2018

    Last updated: 8 May 2025

    The information presented on emergency care within the publication is derived from the statistical returns listed below.

    • Information on emergency care waiting times is collected monthly using the emergency care waiting times return (EC1). It records all new and unplanned review attendances at emergency care departments. Whilst information on attendances including new, unplanned and planned reviews (KH09(ii)) is collected on a quarterly basis. All information is validated with health and social care trusts at the end of each year prior to publication.
    • Technical guidance for each of 2015/16 targets and indicators or performance are also provided below. These outline how each of the target and indicators are measured, and detail any inclusions and exclusions.

    Documents

    • EC1 guidance Adobe PDF (443 KB)
    • EC1 form Microsoft Excel (78 KB)
    • KH09(ii) Guidance Adobe PDF (149 KB)
    • KH09(ii) Form Microsoft Excel (166 KB)
    • 2015/16 Technical Guidance for CPD Standards & Targets Adobe PDF (604 KB)
    • 2015/16 Technical Guidance for Indicators of Performance Adobe PDF (2 MB)

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