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:
December 2021
Commissioners Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Mid-year review
- Update to the NHSBSA website
- SFE business rates assurance exercise
- Web browser guidance
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Update to the NHSBSA website
- Web browser guidance
- Changes to FP17Ws and FP17OWs
- Patient questionnaires
- Changes to the Patient Record Wales (PRW) form
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
November 2021
Commissioners Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Quarter 3 reports available in Compass
- Mid-year review letters in Compass
- Post Annual Reconciliation Report process
- New data items on FP17s
- Replacement form submissions
- Opening more than one Compass window
- Compass upgrade
- Inactive users on eDEN
- Dental Assurance Framework
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Changes to FP17Ws and FP17OWs from 1 December 2021
- Opening more than one Compass window
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
October 2021
Commissioners Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Compass: new look and new features
- Afghanistan evacuees
- New data items on general dental activity forms
- Replacement form submissions
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- Compass: new look and new features
- New data items on general dental activity forms
- Replacement form submissions
- Inactive users on eDEN
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
September 2021
Commissioners Bulletin - England
Articles include:
- Patient exemption: guidance for dental teams
- New data items on general dental activity forms
- Replacement form submission
- Year-end reconciliation
- Our Knowledge Base
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
Commissioner Bulletin (online)
Commissioner Bulletin - Wales
Articles include:
- DDRB uplift
- New data items on general dental activity forms
- Dentistry Show Cymru
- Replacement form submission
- Our Knowledge Base
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
August 2021
Commissioners - England
Articles include:
- Reminder: Change of email address for your foundation dentist lists
- Annual Reconciliation Report process
- Suspension of some Compass functions
- NHS Dental Services user forum
- Flexible commissioning
- Access eDEN using your mobile or tablet
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
July 2021
Commissioners - England
Articles include:
- Temporary approval to suspend the need for signatures on dental forms (extension)
- Deadline extension: Annual Reconciliation Report process
- Year-end reconciliation letters
- Friends and Family Test submissions
- Suspension of some Compass functions
- Quarters 1 and 2 calendar month report in Compass
- Have your say on eDEN
- This month’s Dentist Bulletin
Commissioner Bulletin England - July 2021 (PDF: 154KB)
Commissioners - Wales
Articles include:
- Deadline extension: Annual Reconciliation Report process
- Suspension of some Compass functions
- Orthodontic data in eDEN
- Have your say on eDEN
- This month's Dentist Bulletin
If you have questions or require any further help, you can use 'Ask Us' for Compass help and guidance articles or contact us.