SCHEDULE 1F1NHS England’sADDITIONAL SERVICES
PART 2ORTHODONTIC SERVICES
Monitoring outcomes7
1
The agreement shall require the contractor to monitor, in accordance with this paragraph, the outcome of the orthodontic treatment it provides.
2
The contractor shall, in respect of orthodontic courses of treatment it provides in which orthodontic treatment is provided following the case assessment, monitor the outcome of that orthodontic treatment in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).
3
The contractor shall monitor the outcome of orthodontic treatment in accordance with “Methods to determine outcome of orthodontic treatment in terms of improvement and standards”M1 in respect of—
a
where the total number of cases is 20 or fewer, all the cases of orthodontic courses of treatment it provides; or
b
where the total number of orthodontic courses of treatment provided is greater than 20—
i
20 of the cases; and
ii
in addition, 10 per cent of the number of cases over 20,
of orthodontic courses of treatment it provides.
4
The agreement shall specify the period of time which is relevant for calculating the number of orthodontic courses of treatment that need to be monitored in accordance with this paragraph.
5
As part of its monitoring of the outcome of orthodontic treatment under paragraph (2), the contractor shall, in respect of the patients whose courses of treatment are monitored calculate a peer assessment rating of the patient's study casts—
a
taken at or after the case assessment but prior to the commencement of orthodontic treatment; and
b
taken at the completion of the orthodontic course of treatment,
6
In sub-paragraph (5), “peer assessment rating” means an index of treatment standards in which individual scores for the components of alignment and occlusion are summed to calculate an overall score comparing pre- and post- treatment M4.
Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1