Patient Level Contract Monitoring (PLCM): Technical Detail – Specific Data Requirements

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This document is the technical specification of the PLCM showing the individual data elements (fields), their format and lists of codes where these are not contained in standard data sources e.g. the NHS Data Model and Dictionary v3.

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Patient Level Contract Monitoring (PLCM): Technical Detail – Specific Data Requirements

Patient Level Contract Monitoring (PLCM): Technical Detail – Specific Data Requirements

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Summary

The purpose of the Patient Level Contract Monitoring (PLCM) is to enable the interchange, in a uniform format, of monthly patient level contract monitoring data between commissioners and providers of healthcare. This will ensure that contract monitoring and reporting is consistent and comparable across all commissioning organisations and their footprints.