Specialised Mental Health – Patient Level Dataset (SMH PLD) User Guidance v1.0

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This document provides guidance for users of the SMH PLD including population guidance for individual data elements and answers to a number of frequently asked questions (FAQs).

Summary

The purpose of the Specialised Mental Health – Patient Level Dataset (SMH PLD) Specification is to enable the interchange, in a uniform format, of monthly specialised mental health patient level contract monitoring data between commissioners and providers of healthcare. This will make sure contract monitoring and reporting is consistent and comparable across all commissioning organisations and their footprints.