Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following aggregate data for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024:

• The ODS code and registered name of each NHS dental practice in England

• For each practice, the total number of Band 2b UDAs (non‑molar endodontic treatment) commissioned

• For each practice, the total number of Band 2c UDAs (molar endodontic treatment) commissioned

Please provide the information in a machine‑readable format (e.g. CSV or Excel). If you consider any part of this request to exceed the appropriate cost threshold, please advise me of any data you are able to release within the cost limits.

Response

Pre-October 2022

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. FP17 counts for Non-Molar and Molar Endodontic treatment began in October 2022. Therefore the figures for 2022/23 are from that month onwards.

October 2022 Onwards

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 report contains the details from General FP17s processed for the Reporting Years 2022/2023 (partial) & 2023/2024 for England Contracts. The data includes activity by Foundation Dentists. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below.

Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity relate 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 2023/24 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2023 to June 2024, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. 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.

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)).

Region Description: Latest name associated with the Region.

Provider Name: The name of the provider.

PPC Location V Code: The V code associated with the Principle Practice and Correspondence Address.

Molar Endodontic FP17s: Search results for forms where the Molar Endodontic box was ticked in part 5a of the FP17.

Non-Molar Endodontic FP17s: Search results for forms where the Non-Molar Endodontic box was ticked in part 5a of the FP17.

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

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

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-02768

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Reusing the data and copyright

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The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025” Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.