Request

I am seeking data on activity in NHS Community Dental Services in England.

• Contract cash value and number of contracted UDAs by CDS contractor • Total UDA delivery, by month 2019-present for all CDS contractors, with breakdown for adult and child patients • Total courses of treatment delivered, by month, 2019-present for all CDS contractors, with breakdown for adult and child patients

Date range – 1/1/2019 – 1/11/2023

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

Guidance Notes

Part One: This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 201920 - 202324 for Community Dental Service Contracts. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below.
Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity relates to. Year-end methodology will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April to June, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April and 31 March of the year. For example, 2019-20 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2019 to June 2020, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. Where FP17s do not have a date of completion, e.g. where the patient has failed to return to complete the treatment, the date of acceptance is used.
Contract Number: This is a unique 10-character number which identifies a contract. Latest Provider Name: This is the name of the Provider of the contract.
Latest Region Description: Latest name associated with the Region.
Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This is a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs)
UDA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UDA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UDA Performance Target: The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.
Paid by BSA: Y/N. Set to 'Y' where the Pilot tick box is ticked within CoMPASS. Therefore, Not Paid by BSA are Trust Community Dental Contracts.
Note: This data contains contracts that are paid and not paid by the NHS Business Services Authority. The ‘paid by NHSBSA’ contracts have been based on any contracts that have the Service Line of ‘Community Dental Service’.

Part 2: This report contains the details from General FP17s processed for the period stated 201901 - 202310 for Community Dental Service Contracts. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Foundation Dentists are excluded.
Year Month: Used throughout the system to identify the specific year and month that the data relates to, i.e. for forms, it would be the month that the activity was scheduled. This is in the format 'YYYYMM' e.g. 201804 for April 2018.
Contract Number: This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract.
Latest Provider Name: This is the name of the Provider of the contract. Latest Region Description: Latest name associated with the Region.
Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. Contract Type: Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus
Adult/Child: Adult/Child Patients are defined based on the patients’ age at the date of acceptance. An adult is defined as a patient aged 18 or over at the date of acceptance, a child aged under 18. Total FP17s : This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed. Paid by BSA: Y/N. Set to 'Y' where the Pilot tick box is ticked within CoMPASS. Therefore, Not Paid by BSA are Trust Community Dental Contracts.
Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity relates to. Year-end methodology will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April to June, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April and 31 March of the year. For example, 2019-20 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2019 to June 2020, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. Where FP17s do not have a date of completion, e.g. where the patient has failed to return to complete the treatment, the date of acceptance is used.
UDA Delivered: The units of dental activity scheduled for the time period selected, relating to the financial year.

Note: This data contains contracts that are paid and not paid by the NHS Business Services Authority. The ‘paid by NHSBSA’ contracts have been based on any contracts that have the Service Line of ‘Community Dental Service’.

Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full details where the total number of patients falls below five. This is because the patients could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available.

This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act.

This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a) it is not fair to disclose patients’ personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress. b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the patients.