Request

‘Please could I repeat my FOI request set out below and attached [FOI 15917], but adding in new data for the years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022?’

Response

Handbacks

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 NHS Business Services Authority. We are not quite sure what you mean by “Handbacks”. Perhaps you mean re-distributed UDAs, which we do hold information on? If this is the case please confirm by reply. This information is only held for English dental practices.

Remaining Information

A copy of the information is attached.

This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 (202104-202205) in England & Wales. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below.

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

Financial Year: The financial year associated with the 'Year Month' dimension in the format 'YYYY/YYYY' e.g. 2018/2019 for 201804.

Principal Practice Address - Lines 1-5 and Postcode: This is address line 3 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:

1. If there is only one treatment location recorded in CoMPASS, then this will be assigned as the PP&C address.

2. If at the 30th of the month there is only one live treatment location, then this will be assigned as the PP&C address.

3. If there are multiple open treatment locations for the contract, the treatment location with the earliest submission of FP17/O activity will be used.

4. If there are no open treatment locations at the 30th of the month, the historic principal practice address from POL will be used.

5. If there are no open treatment locations at the 30th of the month, the address with the most FP17/O activity will be used.

6. If there are no open treatment locations but one existed and had associated FP17/O activity when the contract was live, then this address will be used.

7. Contracts that have an end date before 01/04/2013 are assigned a address.

8. For a new contract where no treatment location addresses have been entered onto CoMPASS, they are assigned a blank address.

9. If there are no FP17/O records after April 2013, the location with the most FP17/Os with no time restrictions is used.

10. Contracts that have no FP17 records are assigned a blank address.

UDA Performance Target: The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the 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.

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

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

UOA Delivered: The units of orthodontic activity scheduled for the time period selected, relating to the financial year, excluding FD UDA for English contracts and and including UDA for Welsh contracts.

UDA Delivered: The units of dental activity scheduled for the financial year to date for the period selected, relating to the financial year e.g. in December this will cover the scheduled months of April to December, excluding FD UDA for English contracts and and including UDA for Welsh contracts.

UDA Carry Forward: The number of UDAs carried forward from the previous year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.

UOA Carry Forward: The number of UOAs carried forward from the previous year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO.

% Delivered UDA: UDA Delivered-UDA Carry Forward/UDA Performance Target

% Delivered UOA: UOA Delivered-UOA Carry Forward/UOA Performance Target

Balance of UDA: UDA Delivered-UDA Carry Forward-UDA Performance Target

Balance of UOA: UOA Delivered-UOA Carry Forward-UOA Performance Target

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing, the data please contact nhsbsa.foirequests@nhs.net ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact nhsbsa.communicationsteam@nhs.net. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

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:

“Dental Services, NHSBSA Copyright 2022” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

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

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.