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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that the transitional approach that has operated since 2019/20 for employer contributions will continue in 2025/26.   Employers should ensure that their payroll provider continues to…

NHS employers have a statutory duty to ensure scheme contributions reach NHS Pensions’ bank account by the 19th of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid to the member. The following table confirms the deadline dates by which…

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…

Trust Wholly Owned Subsidiary Companies The Department of Health and Social Care have confirmed that NHS Trust Wholly Owned subsidiaries can apply for access to the NHS Pension Scheme for compulsorily transferring staff, and new starters. Access…

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…

Jump to: What eRD is and how it helps GP practices Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) is an optional NHS prescribing system that helps GP practices manage repeat prescriptions more efficiently. Since 2009, this electronic prescribing method…

Following the expansion of the New Medicine Service (NMS) in September 2021, there was an ambition to develop clinical IT systems that would support contractors and staff providing the service. This was part of the agreement on Year 3 of the…

Electronic submission of prescriptions for reimbursement EPS (release 2) allows pharmacies to electronically submit patients’ prescriptions to us for reimbursement. The information is provided to us using the dm+d code and contractors can make…

Orthodontic providers with contracts that started in April 2019 or after must submit their Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) scores on Compass twice per year within the submission windows. You should request and submit results for: 10 claims from 1…

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…