Urgent and Emergency Care Injury Date and Time

Data Set / Collection

Valid From

Valid To

WECDS

1st August 2024

 

 

The date and time that the patient was injured.

 

Where this information cannot be obtained directly from the patient (or patient proxy) the injury date and time should be estimated.

 

Format: 19 character alpha-numeric YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss

 

To avoid confusion, if the injury occurs at midnight the time recorded should never be 00:00, it should always be either 23:59 or 00:01.