May 2006 was selected since at the time of data collec- tion this ensured sufficient records had been transferred to the electronic system. Due to the prioritising of scanning patient data into the system, those who died whilst in the department had not been scanned and therefore were not included in this study. The scanning process results in an im- age of the completed record being transferred onto the computer system, there is no conversion into editable text or other process altering the original written record.