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

Regulation 14A

[F1SCHEDULE 2AE+WPROVISION OF SERVICES: UNITS OF DENTAL ACTIVITY WHERE A CONTRACTOR HAS ELECTED TO ENTER INTO A PROTOTYPE AGREEMENT

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

1.(1) Where a contractor holding a Blend A prototype agreement provides a banded course of treatment, for the purposes of the agreement the contractor is to be regarded as providing the number of units of dental activity specified in the appropriate row of Table A.E+W

(2) Where a contractor holding a Blend B prototype agreement provides a banded course of treatment, for the purposes of the agreement the contractor is to be regarded as providing the number of units of dental activity specified in the appropriate row of Table B.

(3) Where a banded course of treatment is commenced under a prototype agreement but not completed for whatever reason, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided is to be calculated on the basis of the components of the course of the treatment which have been —

(a)completed; and

(b)commenced but not completed.

(4) 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 each contractor actually provides, notwithstanding that the treatment constitutes a single banded course of treatment for charging purposes.

(5) Where the contractor provides a charge exempt course of treatment, for the purposes of the prototype agreement the contractor provides the number of units of dental activity specified in the appropriate row of Table C.

(6) For the purposes of this paragraph, “Blend A prototype agreement” and “Blend B prototype agreement” have the same meaning as in the Prototype SFE.

[F2(7) This Schedule does not apply where the contractor is a CDS prototype contractor.]

Table A

Units of dental activity provided under a Blend A prototype agreement in respect of banded courses of treatment

Type of course of treatmentUnits of dental activity provided
Band 1 course of treatment (excluding urgent treatment)0.0
Band 1 course of treatment (urgent treatment) where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice0.0
Band 1 course of treatment (urgent treatment) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice1.2
Band 2 course of treatment2.0
Band 2 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider3.0
Band 3 course of treatment 11.0
Band 3 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider12.0

Table B

Units of dental activity provided under a Blend B prototype agreement in respect of banded courses of treatment

Type of course of treatmentUnits of dental activity provided
Band 1 course of treatment (excluding urgent treatment)0.0
Band 1 course of treatment (urgent treatment) where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice0.0
Band 1 course of treatment (urgent treatment) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice1.2
Band 2 course of treatment0.0
Band 2 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider3.0
Band 3 course of treatment 9.0
Band 3 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider12.0

Table C

Units of dental activity provided under the prototype agreement in respect of charge exempt courses of treatment

Type of charge exempt course of treatmentUnits of dental activity provided
Issue of a prescription0.0
Repair of a dental appliance (denture) where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice0.0
Repair of a dental appliance (denture) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice1.0
Repair of a dental appliance (bridge) where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice0.0
Repair of a dental appliance (bridge) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice1.2
Removal of sutures where a patient is a capitated patient of the practice 0.0
Removal of sutures where a patient is not a capitated patient of the practice1.0
Arrest of bleeding where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice0.0
Arrest of bleeding where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice1.2]