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It continues to be an incredibly busy time for dental teams, which is why NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) wants to invite you to find out more about how you can look after yourself and your colleagues at a webinar on 26 May 2022 from 6.30pm…

How to find an NHS dentist To find an NHS dentist, visit: NHS.UK if you’re based in England Health in Wales if you’re based in Wales For help accessing an NHS dentist in an emergency or out of hours, visit: NHS.UK if you’re based in…

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…

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…

As part of their work for the next stage of dental system reform, NHS England and NHS Improvement want to hear from dental professionals.  If you'd like to participate in a dental system reform focus group, you'll need to complete the relevant…

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…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Since 1 November 2020 to 31 August 2021 the requirement for patient (or their representatives) signatures on NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms was…

From 1 September 2021, the temporary signature suspension has been lifted. Patients, or their representatives, will again be required to sign the reverse of NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms, or tokens for prescriptions presented at the…

The Dental Assurance Framework General Provider Reports (DAFGPR) are now available, following a pause due to COVID-19. To access the report, log in to Compass and:  select view published reports under report type enter DAFGPR change the year…

The 2022/23 Dental contract negotiations represent the first significant change to the contract since its introduction in 2006. They follow 12 months of engagement with stakeholders and the profession, and in recent months, a set of more focused…