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As highlighted in NHS England’s first stage of Dental Reform letter, data is required covering a patient’s oral health at the point of check-up. Therefore, we’ve made some changes to the clinical data set to include new items: Highest BPE sextant…

Before applying for parental leave or long-term sickness leave you must check that earnings are correct on Compass Payments are based on these figures and recalculations will only be made in exceptional circumstances. You can apply for SFE…

The Welsh Government has acknowledged the current contractual system needs reform. Units of Dental Activity (UDA) as a sole measure of contract performance, focusing on treatment activity only, does not encourage needs-led care, prevention, or make…

NHS England has published an update on the national dental workforce collection which includes updated guidance. We will be collecting this information on behalf of NHS England via Compass. Based on feedback from the profession, there have been…

Resources to help dental practice staff offer information, advice and guidance to patients about NHS dental treatment. Dental patient exemption checking  Patient exemption checking guide (PDF: 192KB)Patient exemption checking toolkit (PDF:…

Patients who have recently visited a dental practice in Wales might be randomly selected to take part in a questionnaire. This is because the Welsh Government and Public Health Wales want to gather feedback from patients about their NHS dental care…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC): The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in partnership with NHS Supply Chain, have implemented a new PPE Portal platform to ensure continued access to…

On behalf of the NHS England and Improvement regional dental commissioning team, the Community Dental Services (CDS) data collection survey will continue with quarterly collections during 2024-25. Collecting this data will: provide a national…

NHSmail is the national secure email service for health and social care. NHSmail accounts are being rolled out to all dental practitioners delivering NHS and private dental services in England. Accounts are provided free of charge and will enable…

The introduction of the Dental Access Portal (DAP) and conditions within the Variation offer for 2025–2026 have resulted in some further changes which need to be modified on Compass to ensure reporting needs support the variation offer. NHS Dental…