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Consultation on the draft National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulation 2006
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Launch date:7 July 2005
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Closing date:30 September 2005
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Creator/s:Department of Health
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Audience:Health and social care professionals
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Copyright holder:Crown
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Gateway number:5092
NHS Dentistry: Options for Change, published in August 2002, set out a range of proposals for the modernisation of NHS dental services. A key proposal in the report was a new NHS dental service, led by primary care trusts, and responsive to local needs. The report also recommended that the treatment options should be evidence based and patient focused, with patient charges, currently numbering 400 individual items, being simplified and more transparent.
The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 created a new platform, led locally, for a new kind of dental service that is far more sensitive to the variety of ways in which patients now wish to access NHS dentistry. A significant part of the overall reform plan is a new system of dental charging.
Draft contractual regulations on commissioning of local dental services
New draft contractual regulations for dentists and explanatory notes on the new commissioning of local dental services were issued on 1 August 2005.
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Contact:Dental and Ophthalmic Division
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Address:Department of Health
7th Floor, New Kings Beam House
22 Upper Ground, Lonond
SE1 9BW
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Dental Consultation 020 7972 4537 -
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The deadline for responses to this consultation is 30 September 2005.
Respondents are encouraged to either:
- print the PDF version of the questionnaire, complete, and return to the postal address below, or
- download the Word version of the questionnaire, complete electronically, and return by email to the email address provided below.
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