Episode and context
Pseudonymised context only — no direct patient identifiers.
Date of data collection *
Data collector
Ward / unit / clinical area * Select… Acute Medical Unit Ward 12 — General Medicine Ward 5 — Surgical Frailty Unit Same-Day Emergency Care
Department Select… Acute Medicine General Surgery Emergency Department Older People’s Medicine
Specialty or pathway Select… Acute internal medicine General surgery Care of the older person Respiratory medicine
Service / pathway Select… Inpatient referral pathway Weekend specialty advice Transfer of care hub
Patient age band Select… 16–39 40–64 65–74 75–84 85+ not recorded
Patient sex Select… Female Male Other / not specified Not documented
Care setting Select… emergency department acute medical unit same-day emergency care ambulatory emergency care inpatient medical ward inpatient surgical ward frailty unit older people’s medicine ward specialty ward critical care / HDU transfer from another hospital outpatient / ambulatory clinic if locally included other not documented
Admission route Select… emergency department ambulance arrival GP referral NHS 111 same-day emergency care acute medical unit direct ward admission outpatient referral inpatient deterioration transfer from another ward transfer from another hospital elective pathway other not documented
Admission type Select… emergency medical admission emergency surgical admission elective admission with acute specialty review need same-day emergency care with admission inpatient deterioration transfer from another hospital transfer from another ward ambulatory pathway other not documented
Patient group / complexity category Select… acute medical patient frailty older person with complex needs cancer concern suspected infection / sepsis respiratory disease cardiology pathway gastroenterology pathway neurology pathway renal pathway surgical pathway palliative / end-of-life care needs mental health concern mental capacity concern safeguarding concern long-stay patient other not documented