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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…

Jump to: National Dental Contract Management (NDCM) service - England only Following the successful pilot and phase one completion of the mid-year review and year-end reconciliation activities in 2017 and 2018, the national roll out of…

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…

Our team of independent specialist orthodontic advisers perform routine clinical orthodontic monitoring. This helps us to: monitor the quality of orthodontic treatment detect and prevent fraud and error We complete monitoring on a 3-year…

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 …

SNOMED CT is a structured clinical vocabulary for use in electronic health records. SNOMED CT is the required standard across the NHS. It must be used as the clinical standard before 1 April 2020. This applies to systems used for the direct…

Members of our team Paul Gray, Head of Dental Services and Clinical Policy Paul comes from a primary care dental background, having worked for 13 years in the NHS as a General Dental Practitioner. He has worked for our organisation since 1999.…

We support primary care contractors to meet their contractual obligations. We do this on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh Government. We currently support dental providers, GPs, General Ophthalmic Services contractors, and pharmaceutical…

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 …

NHSBSA Provider Assurance is a service commissioned by NHS Improvement and Welsh Government. We support stakeholders and providers ensuring their legal and regulatory responsibilities are met regarding the management of commissioned primary care…