The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005

1.— [F1 (1) Where the contractor provides-— E+W

(a) a Band 1 or Band 3 course of treatment; or

(b) a sub-band of a Band 2 course of treatment as set out in Part 1A of this Schedule,

the contractor provides the number of units of dental activity specified in the appropriate row of Table A.]

(2) Where a banded course of treatment is commenced but not completed for whatever reason, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided shall be calculated on the basis of the components of the course of the treatment which has been—

(a) completed;

(b) commenced but not completed.

[F2 (3) Where a patient is referred by the contractor for advanced mandatory services to another provider of primary dental services, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided by—

(a) that contractor; and

(b) the other provider of primary dental services, if that provider is also a contractor,

must be calculated on the basis of the components of the course of treatment which they actually provide, notwithstanding that the treatment constitutes a single banded course of treatment for charging purposes.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (25.11.2022) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1132), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)(i)

F2 Sch. 2 para. 1(3) inserted (1.4.2014) by The National Health Service Primary Dental Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/443), regs. 1, 4(3)