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Activity, payment and pension services
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…
Suspension of some Compass functions between 17 and 24 October 2022
The Department of Health and Social Care recently announced that the amount members will pay towards their NHS Pension is changing.
To allow us to implement the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme contribution tiers, the following Compass functions…
View your 21/22 SD86C in Compass
Your Annual Pensionable Earnings and Contribution Statement (SD86C) is now available in the 'Pension' folder in Compass.
We've published a video to help you find your SD86C in Compass.
Statement of Financial Entitlement (SFE)
Before applying for parental leave or long-term sickness leave you must check that earnings are correct on Compass
Payments are based on these figures and recalculations will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
You can apply for SFE…
Incorrect claims submitted by patients for free NHS dental treatment
The Dental Exemption Checking Service has identified a number of patients aged 60 and over who are incorrectly claiming free NHS dental treatment. This is due to confusion around benefits entitlement, specifically Pension Credit. This currently only…
Improving care to high needs patients (Band 2 changes)
The calculations to award additional UDAs will be based on the Clinical Data Set (CDS) items entered on the FP17. It is therefore important that this is fully completed.
For claims with Date of Acceptance on or after Friday 25 November 2022,…
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…
Compass guidance and tutorials
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…
Information for foundation dentists
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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…