The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005

Mandatory services E+W

14.—(1)  [F1 Subject to paragraph (1A),] for the purposes of section 28L of the Act M1 (requirement to provide certain primary dental services), the services which must be provided under a general dental services contract (“mandatory services”) are described in paragraphs (2) to (4).

[F2 (1A) The services described in paragraphs (2) to (4) are not required to be provided by the contractor during any period in respect of which the Care Quality Commission has suspended the contractor as a service provider under section 18 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (suspension of registration).]

(2) A contractor must provide to its patients, during the period specified in paragraph (3), all proper and necessary dental care and treatment which includes—

(a) the care which a dental practitioner usually undertakes for a patient and which the patient is willing to undergo;

(b) treatment, including urgent treatment; and

(c) where appropriate, the referral of the patient for advanced mandatory services, domiciliary services, sedation services or other relevant services provided under Part 1 of the Act.

(3) A contractor must provide—

(a) urgent treatment; and

(b) all other services described in paragraph (2),

that are necessary to meet the reasonable needs of its patients during normal surgery hours.

(4) The dental care and treatment referred to in paragraph (2) includes—

(a) examination;

(b) diagnosis;

(c) advice and planning of treatment;

(d) preventative care and treatment;

(e) periodontal treatment;

(f) conservative treatment;

(g) surgical treatment;

(h) supply and repair of dental appliances;

(i) the taking of radiographs;

(j) the supply of listed drugs and listed appliances; and

(k) the issue of prescriptions,

but it does not include additional services.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 14(1) inserted (1.4.2012) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/502), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)

F2 Reg. 14(1A) inserted (1.4.2012) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/502), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 28L was inserted into the Act by section 172(1) of the 2003 Act.