I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information which you requested.

Request

Please can you provide information relating to dental practice contracts.

I am looking for businesses/dentists that Dropped/lost their contract in the last 6 years, by year and also any future cessations of NHS contracts that you have data for.

I would like to see contract value, dentist, location, Practice and any other information that is readily available and relative.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 8 April 2025.

We requested clarification on 23 April 2025 with the below:

1. Would you like Contract Values for every reporting year or just the most recent value (Financial Value) before the contract shut?

This is due to the fact that some contracts will appear multiple times if they have a value in more than one year as their value can alter each year.

1. Some closed contracts also may not show any value as one may not have been given, would you also like to see these?

You responded on 25 April 2025 with the following:

Yes, please can you provide as much detail as possible.

Looking for every reporting year please and also null values is fine.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information and notes explaining it is attached.

This data does not include the reason the contract ended as this is not captured. E.g. some contracts are only intended to last 12 months to fill a short term commissioning need.

NHS England and the Welsh government are responsible for commissioning NHS dental contracts and access to dental treatment.

The attached report contains details for the following reporting years in relation England and Wales:

• 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

• 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020

• 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

• 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022

• 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

• 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

• 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Contracts both paid and not paid by NHSBSA included. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below.

Reporting Year: The financial year to which the activity relates. Year-end methodology will includes 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, 2024/2024 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2024 to June 2025, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.

Country Name: The country name where the contract is located, based on the contract postcode.

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

Region Description: Latest name associated with the Region.

Provider Name: The name of the provider.

Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation.

Contract Type: Either General Dental Services GDS), Personal Dental Services (PDS) or Personal Dental Services Plus (PDS Plus).

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.

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: Any end date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS.

Units of Dental Activity (UDA) Performance Target: The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the Primary Care Organisations (PCO).

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

Units of Orthodontic Activity (UOA) Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UOA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.

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

Paid by NHSBSA: 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: Contracts can be paid for providing other services other than UDA/UOAs.

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