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New employer guides available
A new abatement basic overview guide for employers is now available on our website. The guide has been created to help employers understand when abatement applies for re-employed pensioners and how we calculate the figures.
A basic administration…
Pregnant or had a baby in the past 12 months
If you’re pregnant or have given birth in the last 12 months, you are entitled to:
free NHS dental treatment
free NHS prescriptions, if you have a valid maternity exemption certificate
Speak to your midwife, doctor or health visitor and they…
Provider Assurance
We support primary care contractors to meet their contractual obligations. We do this on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh Government.
We currently support dental providers, GPs, General Ophthalmic Services contractors, and pharmaceutical…
Foundation Dentist report
A Foundation Dentist (FD) report monitors the performance of an FD on a contract.
The report was produced following a request from the Committee Of Postgraduate Dental Deans & Directors UK (COPDEND), received by the Chief Dental Officer. The…
Universal Credit: Help your patients avoid costly mistakes
The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for verifying claims for free NHS prescriptions and dental treatment. If a patient can’t prove their entitlement, they are required to pay a penalty charge of up to £100 – as well as the original…
Extension of temporary suspension of the need for signatures on prescriptions, dental and ophthalmic forms
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has approved an extension to an existing temporary measure in England to help limit the transmission of…
Requesting our dental data
If you require access to a specific set of dental data this can be requested in different ways. This page details the options available and provides more information on the process involved in each.
Academic Research requests (patient…
Bulletins - commissioners
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…
Support and guidance for practices regarding DCR in England up to 31 March 2022
When a dental practice joined the programme, a contract variation was signed by both the practice and NHS England. There were 2 different contract variation notices:
Standard General Dental Services (GDS) Contract Variation Notice for…
Dental activity processing
Providers submit forms (FP17) to us detailing dental activity data.
The data recorded on the FP17 shows the patient charge collected, the number of units of activity performed, and treatment banding information.
Dental activity, error, and…