Appropriateness of Attendance

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

A Clinician's assessment as to whether the patient meets the BAEM Standards for Accident and Emergency Department Attendances determined by asking the following question:

In your clinical opinion does this patient meet the BAEM Standards for an Accident and Emergency Department?

BAEM Standards: -

•     Trauma, usually within 2 days of injury

•     Pain, unrelieved by simple analgesia

•     Acute illness

•     Respiratory distress

•     Change in mental status, including alteration of consciousness and acute confusional state

•     Patients brought to hospital by the police, normally excluding patients detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act

•     Patients brought to hospital by emergency ambulance

•     Patients appropriately referred by any other health care professional

Please note that this question only needs to be answered for New Attendances and Unplanned Follow-ups; For Follow-up patients, value '03 – Not Applicable' should be recorded in this field.

Format: 2 digit numeric