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Current collection guidance outlining the mandatory requirements for the 2010-11 reference cost collection. This page also contains additional guidance for those new to reference costs and a guide for organisations using a PLICS system for the production of reference costs, this also includes guidance for the mental health cluster based reference cost collection.
This Manual sets out the principles and practice of costing to be applied in the NHS. It is designed to support improved costing and development of the national tariff via reference costs.
The Department, in association with the Audit Commission conducted a review of the costs collection exercise in 2009-10. This section contains further information around the purpose and outcomes of the review as well as the Department's proposed responses.
This section contains links to all reference costs publications, from the initial collection exercise in 1998, up to and including the most recent publication of the 2009-10 data in January 2011
2009-10 Reference Costs Data Publications
The current reference costs data publication detailing the most up to date information about how NHS expenditure was used by over 400 NHS provider organisations in 2009-10.
Previous year's NHS Reference Costs Data Publications
The NHS, with encouragement from DH, is implementing patient-level information and costing systems (PLICS). The implementation of PLICS is not mandatory but DH strongly supports the use of PLICS within the NHS.
Definition
Patient-level information and costing systems can be defined by the ability to measure the resources consumed by individual patients.
The clinical costing standards set out recommended best practice for the production of clinical costs and will support the production of patient level cost data. The standards aim to set a robust and consistent approach to costing across the NHS.
The results of the survey undertaken as part of the reference costs 2009-10 collection as to the use of PLICS within NHS organisations is summarised here.
The main remit of the group is to provide technical and practical advice on proposed changes and to support improvements to the annual reference costs collection guidance.
