The data in this dashboard has been extracted from NHSBSA ePACT2 system and the dental data warehouse.
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Dental Prescribing Dashboard - March 2026 (Excel: 5.3MB)
There was a Compass processing issue in December 2025 and January 2026 where not all FP17s were processed on the day that they arrived. This was resolved during the week commencing 5 January 2026.
This resulted in an impact on when FP17s were scheduled, leading to a lower number in the December 2025 data and a higher number in January 2026. We can confirm that year to date figures for FP17's are fully up-to-date.
The data covers dental prescribing and dispensing activity across England, from January 2022 onwards.
The dashboard provides insight to primary dental care teams on prescribing and how this varies across the dispensing of NHS England Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Regions.
The dashboard is updated monthly to ensure users always have access to the most current information.
It is designed for dental public health consultants and local dental networks. It aims to help identify outlying activities and trends that could improve best practice for prescribing among primary care dentists. This data can also be used at large organisation level (ICB and above) to look at trends in antimicrobial prescribing across primary care.
Analysis is based on prescriptions submitted by pharmacy contractors and dispensing doctors in England and considers data from dental FP17 forms scheduled during the same time period.
Three key datasets are included in the dashboard:
- Overall prescribing
- Antibacterial prescribing
- Fluoride prescribing