Patient-level costing information
The Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) collections cover financial year 2022/23. For further information see the Approved Costing Guidance introduction, the Integrated Collections Guidance and the Ambulance Collections Guidance.
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PLICS integrated collection 2023
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.
The Data Provision Notice for PLICS integrated data for financial year 2022/2023 is Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Integrated Collection FY 2022 – 2023 Data Provision Notice.
The dataset for collection in 2023 is in Annex A, Section 1 of the Requirements Specification for Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Mandatory Collections continued implementation, which is relevant to the associated Mandatory Request and the designated providers are as published in Annex A, Section 2.
*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 2023 National Cost Collection.
PLICS ambulance collection 2023
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.
The Data Provision Notice for PLICS ambulance data for financial year 2022/2023 is Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Ambulance Collection FY 2022/23 Data Provision Notice
The dataset for collection is in Annex A, Section 3 of the Requirements Specification for Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) Mandatory Collections continued implementation which is relevant to the associated Mandatory Request and the designated providers are as published in Annex A, Section 4.