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Activity, payment and pension services
We provide activity processing and payment services for NHS dentists in England and Wales.
This includes:
processing over 43 million NHS dental claims for patient treatments every year
making annual payments of more than £2 billion to dental…
Annual reconciliation report process (ARR)
Providers and performers who are members of the NHS Pension Scheme are required to confirm that the estimate of their net pensionable earnings (NPE) is correct. This is done by completing the ARR in Compass.
A new NHS Pension Scheme guide for NHS…
NHS England Dental workforce data collection
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…
Suspension of some Compass functions between 17 and 24 October 2022
The Department of Health and Social Care recently announced that the amount members will pay towards their NHS Pension is changing.
To allow us to implement the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme contribution tiers, the following Compass functions…
View your 21/22 SD86C in Compass
Your Annual Pensionable Earnings and Contribution Statement (SD86C) is now available in the 'Pension' folder in Compass.
We've published a video to help you find your SD86C in Compass.
Incorrect claims submitted by patients for free NHS dental treatment
The Dental Exemption Checking Service has identified a number of patients aged 60 and over who are incorrectly claiming free NHS dental treatment. This is due to confusion around benefits entitlement, specifically Pension Credit. This currently only…
2022/23 Dental contract negotiations
The ‘first stage of dental reform’ letter, published by NHS England on 19 July 2022, sets out the package of initial reforms to the NHS dental contract which sought to address the challenges associated with delivering care to higher needs patients…
Changes to FP17Ws and FP17OWs in Wales
As you’ll know from recent Dentist Bulletins, changes have been made to FP17Ws and FP17OWs. From 1 December 2021:
new data items are available on FP17Ws
new data items are available on FP17OWs
new ACORN validation changes are in place
you…
Improving care to high needs patients (Band 2 changes)
The calculations to award additional UDAs will be based on the Clinical Data Set (CDS) items entered on the FP17. It is therefore important that this is fully completed.
For claims with Date of Acceptance on or after Friday 25 November 2022,…
Changes to FP17s and FP17Os in England
As you’ll know from recent Dentist Bulletins, changes have been made to FP17s and FP17Os. From 1 December 2021:
new data items are available on FP17s
the description for fillings has changed
the length of time you have to update or replace…