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Patient exemption checking: a guide for dental teams in England
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…
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…
Personalisation of recall intervals
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…
Changes to FP17s for dental teams in England
From 1 April 2022, stricter validation rules will come into effect for FP17s.
As part of these rules, the Clinical Data Set (CDS) items reported need to match the treatment band claimed. Details of which treatment band is allocated to each CDS…
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…
Changes to FP17Ws for dental teams in Wales
From Friday 1 April 2022, stricter validation rules will come into effect for FP17Ws.
As part of these rules, the Clinical Data Set (CDS) items reported need to match the treatment band claimed. Details of which treatment band is allocated to each…
Units of dental activity (UDA) changes to Band 2 treatments from Friday 25 November
From Friday 25 November 2022, NHS England is introducing changes to UDAs awarded for some Band 2 claims. These changes were announced in July 2022 as part of the 2022/23 contract changes.
These changes affect all NHS dental teams in England…
National COVID-19 vaccination status survey
On behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI), we are collecting data on the number of dental staff who have already received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, intend to have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by 31 March, or are not…
Wales Dental Access Portal (DAP) and Urgent Patient Referrals
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…