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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…
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…
Submit your Orthodontic PAR scores
Orthodontic providers with contracts that started in April 2019 or after must submit their Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) scores on Compass twice per year within the submission windows. You should request and submit results for:
10 claims from 1…
2022/23 Dental contract negotiations
The ‘first stage of dental reform’ letter, published by NHS England on 19 July 2022, sets out the package of initial reforms to the NHS dental contract which sought to address the challenges associated with delivering care to higher needs patients…
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…
Submitting FP17s for urgent care sessions
If your practice has been awarded additional funds following NHS England and NHS Improvement's £50m funding announcement, it is essential that you select the Flexible Commissioning indicator ‘Securing Access for Urgent Care’ when submitting FP17s …
Promoting the more effective use of skill mix
As outlined in NHS England’s first stage of Dental Reform letter, dental therapists and others operating within their scope of practice and competence can open courses of treatment.
To support you with this, the FP17 has fields to record your…
FP17 and FP17O changes from 1 October 2022
From 1 October 2022, NHS England is introducing changes to the dental contract. These changes are referenced in NHS England’s first stage of Dental Reform letter and affects all NHS dental teams in England.
To support the dental contract changes,…
Submit your Orthodontic PAR scores
If you are an Orthodontic provider and your contract started in April 2019 or after, you must submit your Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) scores on Compass twice a year.
You must submit:
10 claims between 1 April and the end of September
10…
Dental practices to confirm NHS website information by 30 June 2023
Dental practices must confirm all of their NHS website profile information every quarter, due to new legal regulations passed in November 2022.
You need to confirm your quarter 1 profile information by 30 June 2023, for:
accepting new NHS…