Regular bulletins are created to provide useful updates for Dental Commissioners.
Bulletins will be emailed to all relevant recipients using the email address held in Compass. Make sure these details are kept up to date.
The 6 most recent bulletins are available:
April 2025
Commissioner Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Patient charge increased on 1 April 2025
- Tax Credit exemptions have ended
- Year-end remedial notices for non-completion of the workforce return
- Sign up to the Transforming Dental Systems (TDS) research panel
- England Dentist Bulletin for providers and performers now available
> Read the April Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Tax Credit exemptions have ended
- Three new indicators on FP17W
- New e-form for capturing empty appointments
- Sign up to the Transforming Dental Systems (TDS) research panel
- Wales Dentist Bulletin for providers and performers now available
March 2025
Commissioner Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- End of the New Patient Premium scheme
- Planned downtime for some Compass functions
- Tax Credits to end on Saturday 5 April 2025
- Updated Friends and Family Test (FFT) timetable for 2025/26
- England Dentist Bulletin for providers and performers now available
> Read the March Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Planned downtime for some Compass functions
- FP17W changes
- Tax Credits to end on Saturday 5 April 2025
- Wales Dentist Bulletin for providers and performers now available
February 2025
Commissioner Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) uplift
- Some Compass functions unavailable
- Schedule Programme
- Workforce data collection reminder
- Tax Credit Exemption Certificate Decommissioning
- Reminder to bookmark Compass
- Friends and Family test
- PAR score
- Provider and Performers bulletin
> Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) uplift
- Some Compass functions unavailable
- Schedule Programme
- Tax Credit Exemption Certificate Decommissioning
- Reminder to bookmark Compass
- Providers and Performers bulletin
January 2025
Commissioner Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Compass downtime
- Reinstatement of interim Dental Assurance Framework (DAF) report
- Patient exemption guidance
- Provider and Performers bulletin
> Read the January Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Compass downtime
- Patient exemption guidance
- Providers and Performers bulletin
December 2024
Commissioner Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- NHS Dental Services Christmas opening hours
- Post ARR
- Provider and Performers bulletin
> Read the December Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- NHS Dental Services Christmas opening hours
- Reminder: Post ARR available
- NHS number update
- Providers and Performers bulletin
November 2024
Commissioner Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Compass downtime
- Orthodontic DAF and completions exercise
- Post ARR available from 13 November
- Update for commissioners on implementation of sensory checks in special educational settings
- Providers and performers bulletin
> Read the November Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Compass downtime
- Post ARR available from 13 November
- Dentist bulletin
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