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This year's dental practice written complaints data collection (KO41b) will open on Wednesday 18 June 2025.  The collection covers complaints made by or on behalf of patients between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.  This year's collection period…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The friends and family test (FFT) is an important feedback tool that supports the fundamental principle that people who use NHS services should have the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience. Primary dental service providers will need…

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…

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…

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…

If you’re a provider in Wales, you’ll know that changes to FP17Ws were introduced from 1 April 2022. Summary of changes introduced from 1 April 2022 From 1 April 2022, the following changes were introduced on FP17Ws: some data items were…