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Additional Info

Field	Value
Data last updated	30 May 2025
Metadata last updated	30 May 2025
Created	30 May 2025
Format	text/csv
Licence	OGL-UK-3.0

Data Dictionary

Column	Title	Type	Description
REPORTING_YEAR	Reporting Year	date	The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to.
LATEST_COMMISSIONER_NAME	Commissioner Name	string	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	Contract Number	integer	This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract.
LATEST_PROVIDER_NAME	Provider Name	string	The name of the provider
CONTRACT_START_DATE	Contract Start Date	date	The start date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS.
CONTRACT_END_DATE	Contract End Date	date	The end date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS (only where an end date has been entered on CoMPASS).
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_LINE_1	Principal Practice Address - Lines 1-6	string	This is address line 1 of the main address used for correspondence between the NHSBSA and the dental contract, it is not necessarily the address where treatment takes place. The Principal Practice and Correspondence address is calculated based upon a number of rules applied in sequence
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_LINE_2		string
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_LINE_3		string
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_LINE_4		string
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_LINE_5		string
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_POSTCODE		string
LATEST_CONTRACT_TYPE	Contract Type	string	Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus.
UDA_PERFORMANCE_TARGET	UDA Performance Target	number	The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.
UDA_FINANCIAL_VALUE		string