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English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity

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English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity

Dataset Description

The English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity dataset provides information about the general dental activity carried out by dentists on behalf of the NHS in England. Published monthly, the data is released at individual dental contract level and only relate to contracts that provide General NHS Dental Services. However, they do contain information on all service lines held by that contract in relation to the UDA and FP17s delivered.

This dataset allows you to look at the activity provided for each financial year, monthly at national, commissioner and contract level. You can compare the general activity delivered to that commissioned in the contract data. This will give you an idea of how areas of contracts are performing.

The dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to commissioned locally.

You can read more about this dataset and how to use it in the English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Activity guidance documentation (ODT: 234KB). You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity Data Dictionary (XLSX: 12KB)

We also publish the English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Dental Activity dataset.

Overview of Service

More information about our NHSBSA Dental Data service can be found here - Dental data | NHSBSA

Dataset Details

Data Source

NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse

Data Collection

The dataset is derived from FP17 forms which are submitted by dentists via the Compass system.

Time Periods

As per the 'two-month rule', dentists have 62 days after the date of completion or last visit in which to submit their FP17s. Therefore, we publish these datasets two months after the 'month submitted' to allow time for late submissions.

Example: March data will be published in June.

Geography

This data is for England only.

Statistical Classification

Management Information – This is not an official statistic.

Enquiries

Who can I contact if I have queries relating to the data?

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the name of the dataset for reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

Citing and Reusing This Data

Important information regarding reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or other applicable law. You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source.

Citation

NHS Business Services Authority. "English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity.” NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse
Contact NHSBSA Data Services support team
Version 1.0
State active
Last Updated August 22, 2025, 12:00 (UTC)
Created September 29, 2023, 13:45 (UTC)