Primary Care Activity Report (PCAR)

The PCAR was introduced in 2016/17 to support greater assurance and oversight of NHS England’s primary care commissioning responsibilities. It replaced what had often been variable and ad hoc requests for information with a more systematic approach.

Frequency: annual

Background to the collection

The primary care commissioning activity report (PCAR) was introduced in 2016/17 to support greater assurance and oversight of NHS England’s primary medical care commissioning responsibilities. It replaced what had often been variable and ad hoc requests for information with a more systematic approach.

The collection focuses on key operational areas for commissioned general practice services. The key areas of interest include

management of contractual performance
procurement and expiry of contracts
availability of services, including closed lists.
incorporation requests

Data is collected and submitted by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) as they have delegated primary medical care commissioning responsibilities.

Launch and submission dates

Reporting period name	Submission start date	Submission deadline date
PCAR-Annual-2022-23	20 April 2023	19 May 2023

Guidance

ARTICLE

Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS)

The Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) is a secure data collection system used by health and social care organisations to submit data to NHS England.

Data Provision Notice

ARTICLE

Primary Medical Care Commissioning Activity Report

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from all Integrated Care Boards in respect of the procurement of primary medical services and the service availability of general practices.

Last edited: 18 April 2023 3:26 pm