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Dental reform
Changes are being made to the NHS dental contracts operating in both England and Wales.
These are being introduced to address the challenges associated with delivering care to higher needs patients and making it easier for patients to access NHS…
Support and guidance for practices regarding DCR in England up to 31 March 2022
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…
Update for dental providers and commissioners: Reconciliation arrangements for 2022/23
On behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI), we recently emailed you a letter covering year end arrangements and 2022/23.
Additional information from NHSEI for dental providers and commissioners in England is now available:
Reconciliation…
End to temporary suspension of submission of patient signatures on pharmacy, dental and eye care forms
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…
Business rate reimbursement
If you’re a provider, you can apply for reimbursement of your 2024/25 business rates if you meet the qualifying conditions. You can check if you're eligible on Knowledge Base.
Before submitting your application, you need to review your property…
Compass browser requirements from 15 June 2022
Microsoft are withdrawing support for Internet Explorer (IE) from 15 June 2022. As a result, we will no longer support IE in Compass.
Compass supports the latest versions of Edge, Chrome and Firefox. Safari is also supported on Mac OS but not…
NHSEI: Myth busting the £50m investment offer
Following NHS England and NHS Improvement's (NHSEI's) £50m funding announcement, a myth buster has been produced. Read the myth buster in the latest 'Your NHS dentistry and oral health update'.
Pay statements and schedules
The schedule programme contains the cut-off dates for form processing and the dates on which pay statements are published in Compass.
A guide has been created to help you understand your monthly pay statement.
Providers can view a pay and activity…
Recording patients' NHS numbers in England
As we move towards a population health and care system, it is important that dental practices ask new and existing patients for their NHS number. While this information will not affect the FP17 submission, NHS numbers help to identify patients…
DDRB uplift in England (January 2023)
Following the 50th report of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB), the uplift of 4.75% will be applied to all English GDS and PDS contracts on the January schedule, which will be paid on 1 February 2023. The uplift will be…