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Revised guidance: primary care dental contracts Advice on managing end of year issues

Guidance provided in January 2007 (Gateway reference 7719) has been updated to reflect comments from the NHS and to clarify expectations for the end of the financial year. The guidance is now generic and does not relate to any one year in particular.

This note provides advice for SHAs to share with PCTs on year end performance issues, including:

• arrangements for carrying forward any under-delivered services within the 4% tolerance allowed for within dental contracts
• working with dental providers to ensure, as far as possible, that an even pattern of service is delivered throughout the contract year, and any early completion of contracted activity is managed

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