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This model PDS agreement must be read in conjunction with The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005 (S.I.2005/3373), and also with The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3435), in particular, Part 3 of that Order, which sets out the entitlements of specified persons to a personal dental services agreement.

13 March 2006 revision:
Following a range of helpful comments on the model contracts issued in December 2005, we have asked our lawyers to review and revise the drafting of both the GDS Standard Contract document and Standard Clauses for a PDS Agreement.  The amendments are mainly of a technical nature, correcting cross references and numbering, but one or two additional clauses have been added where the meaning was unclear to users.

GDS and PDS versions of a Variation Notice are attached, which PCTs will need to issue where contracts or agreements have already been signed.  PCTs should use the 13 March versions of the Standard Contract and Clauses for PDS agreements in all cases where the relevant documents have not yet been signed by the parties.