Patient Care Report (PCR)
The Patient Care Report (PCR) is the principal source of patient data collection pre-hospital from time of call receipt by the pre-hospital practitioner to handover of patient at ED/destination facility. In the event of an ambulance service not utilising the PHECC PCR; the PHECC Information standard contains the data set on which any alternative PCR is designed.
**Purpose:** To facilitate:
1) a national framework to record accurate, complete and timely pre-hospital patient data which will provide a vital link in the continuum of patient care in the hospital/destination facility
2) robust national clinical audit
3) strategic planning
4) informs research into new skill, services/equipment.
**Coverage:** 2005/2006 (national statutory ambulance services)
2008 (Private, Auxiliary and Voluntary licensed CPG providers with an ambulance service).
Health Category
Language
Access Rights
- Organization
- Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY |
| Id | 539facf6-9c9a-4cd4-be94-f4db3a835b02 |
| Identifier | NDC-0109 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 2005-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by-sa |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa |
| Max Typical Age | 65 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:17:23.568262 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:17:23.568265 |
| Min Typical Age | 15 |
| Modified | 2025-08-08 |
| Name | patient-care-report-pcr-109 |
| Notes | The Patient Care Report (PCR) is the principal source of patient data collection pre-hospital from time of call receipt by the pre-hospital practitioner to handover of patient at ED/destination facility. In the event of an ambulance service not utilising the PHECC PCR; the PHECC Information standard contains the data set on which any alternative PCR is designed. **Purpose:** To facilitate: 1) a national framework to record accurate, complete and timely pre-hospital patient data which will provide a vital link in the continuum of patient care in the hospital/destination facility 2) robust national clinical audit 3) strategic planning 4) informs research into new skill, services/equipment. **Coverage:** 2005/2006 (national statutory ambulance services) 2008 (Private, Auxiliary and Voluntary licensed CPG providers with an ambulance service). |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 5 |
| Number Of Records | 383607 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 437129 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | Patient information is entered on the 2-part PCR in real time for every patient contact. The PCR must be completed in all circumstances: All emergency calls All urgent calls All calls where a practitioner has to treat a patient All calls involving refusal of treatment and or transport contrary to the advice given by the practitioner All calls where patient is treated at scene and not transported. Paper-based system: A PCR copy is included in handover at the Emergency Department (ED)/destination facility and stored with the hospital record/chart. The remaining copy is returned to the licenced CPG provider organisation for storage. ePCR also used by CPG Providers. |
| Title | Patient Care Report (PCR) |
| Type | dataset |
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