Thank you for your request for information about the following:

I wish to know in quantity, the total of patients whom are NEW registrants to Tavern Street Dental Practice in Stowmarket and have received a course of treatment under NHS contract. Specifically the following:

The number of patients who have been charged solely for BAND 1 Course of Treatment:

This covers an examination, diagnosis (eg X-rays), advice on how to prevent future problems, a scale and polish if needed, and application of fluoride varnish or fissure sealant. If you require urgent care, even if your urgent treatment needs more than one appointment to complete, you will only need to pay on Band 1 charge.

The number of patients who have been charged solely for BAND 2 Course of Treatment This covers everything listed in Band 1 above, plus any further treatment such as fillings, root canal work or if your dentist needs to take out one or more of your teeth.

The number of patients who have been charged for BAND 3 course of treatment This covers everything in Bands 1 and 2 above, plus crowns, dentures and bridges.

I wish to know the total inclusive of whether the patient has fully paid themselves, partly paid or has been fully funded for these costs under NHS provision.

Time frame: 01/04/22 to 01/01/24

Your request was received on 2nd February 2024 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

This report contains the details from General FP17s processed in Tavern Street Dental Practice in Stowmarket (Contract 9102010001) for the period April 2022 – December 2023 and excludes activity by Foundation Dentists. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below.

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: The 10 digit contract number.

Latest Provider Name: The latest name of the provider

Unique Patient Count: This is a count of the unique patient identities on forms scheduled. A patient may have attended more than once in the time period and received different treatment, so the total figure has been adjusted for duplicate patient IDs. Patient identities are counted for all valid FP17 transactions – including amendment, deletion and withdrawn records. Therefore, it is possible for the count of patient identities to be greater than the count of FP17s. The distinct patient count uses the Patient Unique Identifier.

New Unique Patient Count: In this case a reattendance interval of 24+ months (Greater than 730 days) and no previous visit.

Patient Charge Calculated: The amount of patient charges calculated as recoverable from the contract payment based on the activity scheduled and patient charges recorded on the FP17. The total patient charge calculated includes any patient charge calculated on withdrawn FP17s. Amendments/deletions of FP17s can result in refunds of patient charges to contracts.

Patient Charge Collected: The amount of money (in pence) collected from the patient.

Treatment Charge Band: The patient charge band associated with a course of treatment as stated in Part 5 Treatment Category of the FP17.

Patient Charge Status: As recorded in Part 4 of the FP17, patients can be either Children (aged less than 18 years at the date of acceptance of their treatment), Non-exempt adults (patients where no exemption or remission category has been provided on the FP17. Such patients generally pay the full-calculated patient charge) or Exempt or remitted (adult patients where a reason for exemption, full remission or partial remission from payment was recorded on the FP17).

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