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PLICS integrated collection

The PLICS integrated collection covers patient-level costing data on acute, mental health, Talking Therapies* and community health services from all designated providers.

It contains unit costs for inpatient admissions, emergency care, outpatient attendances, mental health provider spells and care contacts, IAPT appointments and community services care contacts for NHS providers in England.

*Note that NHS Talking Therapies was formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and the data feed on the extract specification that trusts will submit will still be called IAPT for the 2025 National Cost Collection.

PLICS ambulance collection

The Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) collection covers patient-level costing data on ambulance services from designated ambulance providers.

It contains activity and financial data for all incidents going through 999 call centres or dispatch centres in England.