Submitting All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Data Set

Preparing to submit AACC data

AACC data set submissions are to be made via the Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH).

MESH guidance hub

View our selection of MESH and MOLES technical documentation. These guides will help you install and use your MESH client, manage your advanced settings and identify recipient mailboxes using the endpoint lookup service.

What to submit

The data requirements of the AACC data set are set out fully in the Technical Output Specification document.

The AACC data set Information Standard supporting documents are also an important reference point with regard to scope and requirements of the data set.

Submission timetable

Reporting month	NHS CHC Patient-Level Data Set submission window opens	NHS CHC Patient-Level Data Set submission window closes (end of)*
April 2025	1 May 2025	30 May 2025
May 2025	2 June 2025	30 June 2025
June 2025	1 July 2025	31 July 2025
August 2025	1 September 2025	30 September 2025
September 2025	1 October 2025	31 October 2025
November 2025	1 December 2025	28 November 2025
December 2025	2 January 2026	30 January 2025
January 2026	2 March 2026	31 March 2026
March 2026	1 April 2026	30 April 2025

*Submission window closes relates to last working day of calendar month.

AACC legal basis

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All Age Continuing Care Directions 2024

Directions from the Department of Health and Social Care to establish an All Age Continuing Care (AACC) information system to collect and analyse data regarding the end-to-end commissioning of AACC services.

DAPB3085 AACC Data Set

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DAPB3085: All Age Continuing Care Data Set (previously NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) Patient-Level Data Set)

An information standard which sets out the rules for an end to end, patient level data set that captures data relating to patient details, NHS continuing healthcare eligibility, activity, reviews and care packages.

Last edited: 9 September 2024 2:58 pm