Request

1. The total number of dental practices with their names and contacts and the name of the associated local commissioning office, providing NHS orthodontics in the Mansfield, Sheffield and Pontefract areas.
2. The type of contracts they have been awarded which are currently active e.g GDS General, GDS Orthodontics, PDS Orthodontics etc (if they hold more than one type, please break it down)
3. The value of each contract in pounds sterling.
4. The amount of UOAs allotted in each contract
5. The value per UOA of each contract.
6. The start and end dates of each contract and whether they are permanent (automatically recurring) contracts or have a definite end period (if they hold more than one type, please break it down)

Response

We can confirm that we do hold the requested information, but some of this information is exempt under section 40(2) of the FOIA (personal information).

Question 1

We have redacted Provider’s personal Email Address and Contract Email Address where they are not in the public domain under section 40(2).

Section 40(2) is an absolute, prejudice-based exemption and therefore is exempt if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. In order for disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. As we do not have the consent of the data subject(s), the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the data subject(s).

The NHSBSA acknowledges that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information in order to provide the full picture of the requested data held by the NHSBSA; however, we have concluded that disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm and therefore, section 40(2) is engaged.

Please see the following link to view the section 40 exemption in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40

Remaining data

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 2024/2025 in the Sheffield, Mansfield & Wakefield Local Authories. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Contracts with a Performance Target/Financial Value greater than one included.

Commissioner Code: This is the 3 character code associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This 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)

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))

Contract Number: This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract.

Provider Name: The name of the provider

Contract Type: Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus

Financial Year: The financial year associated with the 'Year Month' dimension in the format 'YYYY/YYYY' e.g. 2018/2019 for 201804.
Contract Start Date: The start date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS.

Contract End Date: The end date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS (only where an end date has been entered on CoMPASS).

Local Authority Name: This is the Local Authority the contract is located in.

UOA Performance Target: The contracted units of orthodontic activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.

Principal Practice Address - Lines 1-6: This is the main address used for correspondence between the NHSBSA and the dental contract, it is not necessarily the address where treatment takes place.

Contract Email Address: The email address of the contract, as entered on CoMPASS.

Provider Email Address: The email address of the provider, as entered on CoMPASS

Contract Landline Number: The latest entered (on CoMPASS) phone number associated with the contract, as entered on CoMPASS

Contract Mobile Number: The latest entered (on CoMPASS) Mobile phone number associated with the contract, as entered on CoMPASS

UOA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UOA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.

Cost per UOA: This shows the cost per unit of orthodontic activity at the contract. This is calculated by dividing the UOA Financial Value by the UOA Performance Target.

Performance Target: The target associated with the service line for the financial year e.g. UDAs, UOAs, CoTs etc., as entered on CoMP.

Financial Value: The financial value associated with the service line for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.

Service Line Name: The service name/description as maintained by CoMPASS.

Contract Service Recurring Yes/No: Indicates as to whether the service name/description is recurrent or not as maintained by CoMPASS.
Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02101