Accident and Emergency Attendance Administrative End Date

This is the date that the patient's Accident and Emergency Attendance Ends.

Accident and Emergency Attendance Administrative End Date is when one of the following criteria is met;.

a)       The patient leaves the Accident and Emergency Department to continue their treatment elsewhere, wherever this might be, this is the point of clinical handover;

b)       The patient no longer requires treatment and is medically fit to leave the department;

c)        The patient self discharges;

d)       The patient dies.

Note: Leaving the Accident and Emergency Department for a diagnostic test or other treatment does not count as the Accident and Emergency Administrative End Time if the patient returns to the Accident and Emergency Department.