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In March 2017 NHS England’s Office of Chief Dental Officer England published Commissioning Dental Services: Service standards for Conscious Sedation in a primary care setting. The document set out the requirements for a contractor who offers care…

Activities we carry out The Provider Assurance Dental (PAD) team undertake contract and performance management activities on behalf of regional teams, reducing the burden on them. Regional teams retain decision-making authority with a light-touch…

Contact details by region and ICBs: East of England Email hweicbhv.optical@nhs.net for: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Hertfordshire and West Essex Mid and South Essex Norfolk and Waveney Suffolk and…

Provider Assurance Dental (PAD) carry out reviews of contractual activity. These reviews may be national and focused on the highest risk contracts for a specific scenario. Alternatively, they may be initiated by commissioners following concerns…

Dental Services provides a number of regulatory services, including: clinical advisory services routine clinical orthodontic monitoring We also host information about SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms), the …

Each quarter, we will select a sample of GOS Contractors to take part in a PPV exercise. If you are selected, we will check a sample of your GOS submissions against clinical evidence. This will provide assurance to NHS England that claims are being…

If you're a provider or performer based in Wales, an Assessment of Clinical Oral Risks and Need (ACORN) is a risk assessment tool and includes components that should be recorded as part of a thorough oral health assessment. An ACORN should be …

About the scheme  The Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) forms part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). PQS is designed to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and reward community pharmacies that deliver quality criteria in 3…

Activities we carry out We work on behalf of NHS England (NHSE) on the following tasks: annual general ophthalmic services (GOS) complaints GOS 4 pre-authorisation GOS contract management - visit our dedicated contract management page post-…