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Jump to: NHS Dental Services  NHS Dental Services is part of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). We're responsible for processing NHS dental claims and paying NHS dentists. We manage the NHS contracts through a system called Compass…

Guidance amendments - 'Performer' is now 'Clinician' Due to changes within Dentistry the term 'Performer' will now be replaced by the word 'Clinician'. We will update our guidance and other content in due course but aside from this processes will…

Our Compass video tutorials have now been viewed over 32,000 times. Our videos include: how a provider can add a performer to a contract in Compass how to view up to date UDA/UOA delivery as a performer in Compass More videos are available on…

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…

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…

NHS England has published an update on the national dental workforce collection which includes updated guidance. We will be collecting this information on behalf of NHS England via Compass. Based on feedback from the profession, there have been…

The Welsh Government has acknowledged the current contractual system needs reform. Units of Dental Activity (UDA) as a sole measure of contract performance, focusing on treatment activity only, does not encourage needs-led care, prevention, or make…

The NHSBSA carried out an analysis of FP17 submissions relating to Band 3 Inlay treatment delivered in the 2017/18 financial year and identified an unusual distribution of Inlay claiming nationally. The majority of contracts submit few or no Band 3…

The payment industry has recently introduced Confirmation of Payee (CoP) which lets payers check the name of who they are paying before they pay them. Banks check the name of the person or organisation given by the payer, against the actual name…

There are regulations for the terms on which dental services are provided under the National Health Service Act 1977. These are the original regulations and must be read with the amending statutory instruments:NHS (General Dental Services Contracts…