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Implementing local commissioning for primary care dentistry: Factsheets
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:8 December 2005
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Gateway reference:5917, 6861, 6985, 7289, 7620, 8050, 8914
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Pages:1
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Copyright holder:Crown
These factsheets provide advice for primary care trusts (PCTs) to support the successful implementation of the new local commissioning arrangements for NHS primary dental care services from April 2006. These documents, together with the information that has been provided by the Dental Practice Board, enable PCTs to start discussions with their local dentists relating to the new contracts / agreements that need to be in place for the successful transition to local commissioning for NHS dentistry in April
Factsheets
Note: Latest addition 21 November 2007: Factsheet 19 - Competency training for dentists who have not undertaken vocational training.
- Download Factsheet 1: Agreeing contracts with GDS dentists (PDF, 89K)
- Download Factsheet 2: Making new agreements with PDS dentists (PDF, 96K)
- Download Factsheet 3: Making new PDS agreements for specialist services (PDF, 75K)
- Download Factsheet 4: PCT dentistry budgets 2006/07 & patient charge income (PDF, 355K)
- Download Factsheet 5: Standard general dental services contract (PDF, 23K)
- Download Factsheet 6a: Dental vocational training (added 21 December 2006) (PDF, 145K)
- Download Factsheet 7: Commissioning out-of-hours services (PDF, 48K)
- Download Factsheet 7a: Supplementary guidance - Commissioning out-of-hours services (PDF, 21K)
- Download Factsheet 7b: Commissioning Out of Hours Services & Urgent Treatment: Update (PDF, 48K)
- Download Factsheet 8: Understanding the Transitional Provisions Order (PDF, 60K)
- Download Factsheet 9: Practice based GDS contracts and PDS agreements (PDF, 32K)
- Download Factsheet 10: Enhanced criminal record disclosures for primary dental performers (PDF, 34K)
- Download Factsheet 11: Orthodontic new PDS agreements and new GDS contracts (PDF, 52K)
- Download Factsheet 12: Travel and Subsistence for Dentists Undertaking Verifiable CPD - Delegation of Payments to PCTs (PDF, 23K)
- Download Factsheet 12 Annex: certificate of attendance/claim for travel/subsistence expenses for section 63 & vocational training course (RTF, 74K)
- Download Factsheet 13: Referrals to other practitioners: collection of patient charges and assignment of units of dental activity (PDF, 28K)
- Download Factsheet 14: Salaried Primary Dental Care Services (PDF, 83K)
- Download Factsheet 15: Keeping in Touch Scheme for dentists (PDF, 26K)
- Factsheet 16: Local dental committees
- Download Factsheet 17 Language Testing for Dentists Applying for Inclusion in PCT Dental Performers Lists (updated 14/10/2008) (PDF, 64K)
- Download Factsheet 18: Payments for electronic data interchange (PDF, 112K)
- Download Factsheet 19: Competency training for dentists who have not undertaken vocational training (PDF, 64K)
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