NHS Dental Services

NHS Dental Services provide a range of services to support NHS dental teams across England, Wales and the Isle of Man.
To support the dental community, we:

support over 9,000 dental providers
process over 29 million dental activity (FP17 forms) per year
receive 100% of dental activity forms electronically
pay £2 billion per annum to dental providers
administer the NHS Pension Scheme for 20,000 members
handle £18 million per month for NHS Pension Scheme members
provide and manage the Compass and WebEDI systems

For information on assurance reviews, mid-year reviews and year-end reconciliation, visit the Provider Assurance Dental (PAD) area.

You can also read our glossary (Word: 344KB), a list of terms and acronyms we use across Dental Services.

Compass

Get access to Compass and read guidance and tutorials.

Activity and payments

Information on dental activity submissions, pay statements and Statement of Financial Entitlement (SFE)

News and bulletins

Read our latest news articles, including Provider and Commissioner Bulletins.

Dental systems

Access Eden and read updates about the Dental Services Portal.

Resources for NHS dental practices

Regulations, handbooks, and the National Community Dental Service (CDS)

Provider and performer pensions

Provider and performer pensions and annual reconciliation report (ARR)

Dental reform, incentives and schemes

Find out more about dental reform in England and Wales, including incentives and schemes

Information for foundation dentists

Access information about using Compass, the pension scheme, and where to find other help and guidance

Information for patients

How to find a dentist, and information about treatment costs and patient refunds