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Data last updated 28 April 2026
Metadata last updated 28 April 2026
Created 28 April 2026
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Data Dictionary

Column Title Type Description
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))
LATEST_REGION_DESCRIPTION Latest Region Description string Latest name associated with the Region.
CONTRACT_NUMBER Contract Number string This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract.
LATEST_PROVIDER_NAME Latest Provider Name string The name of the provider.
LATEST_PROVIDER_NUMBER Latest Provider Number integer The number of the provider.
LATEST_CONTRACT_START_DATE Latest Contract Start Date date The start date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS.
LATEST_PRINCIPAL_PRACTICE_ADDRESS_POSTCODE Latest Principal Practice Address Postcode string This is the postcode of the main address used for correspondence between the NHSBSA and the dental contract, it is not necessarily the address where treatment takes place.
LATEST_CONTRACT_END_DATE Latest Contract End Date date The end date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS (only where an end date has been entered on CoMPASS).
TOTAL_FP17S Total FP17s integer This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed.
UDA_DELIVERED UDA Delivered integer The units of dental activity scheduled for the time period selected relating to the financial year, where they were carried out by any performer.
PERFORMER_NUMBER Performer Number integer This is a unique 6 character number which identifies a performer.
PERFORMER_START_DATE Performer Start Date date The start date of the performer's (dentist) tenure on the contract
PERFORMER_END_DATE Performer End Date date The end date of the performer's (dentist) tenure on the contract
FD_TENURE FD Tenure string This indicates if the Performer is a Foundation Dentist.
FORMS_WITH_DCP_ASSISTANCE Forms With DCP Assistance integer This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled performed with the assistance of a DCP.
REPORTING_YEAR Reporting Year string 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 2019-20 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2019 to June 2020, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. 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.
COUNTRY_NAME Country Name string This is the country that the contract is located in. (PCOs)
FINANCIAL_QUARTER Financial Quarter string The financial quarter associated with the 'Year Month' dimension in the format '#' e.g. 1 for 201804, as April is in the first financial quarter of 2018.
LATEST_COUNTRY_OF_QUALIFICATION Latest Country of Qualification string This indicates the Performers Country of Qualification if held, as taken from the GDC register
PROVIDER_TYPE Provider Type string Identifies the type of provider, set to one of the following values: 'Individual Dental Practitioner', 'Partnership of two or more individuals', 'Limited Company', 'Limited Liability Partnership', 'Trust', 'Unknown', 'Professionals Allied to Dentistry'.
LOCATION_V_CODE Location V Code string The V code associated with the Principle Practice and Correspondence Address.