(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005 (the GDS Regulations), the National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005 (the PDS Regulations) and the National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (the 2013 Regulations).
Regulations 2 and 14 respectively amend regulations 2 of the GDS Regulations and the PDS Regulations to insert a new definition.
Part 2 amends the GDS Regulations to reflect the inclusion of CDS prototype contractors into the Prototype Agreements Scheme. CDS prototype contractors are contractors who have elected to enter into a prototype agreement under which primary dental services are secured for, and provided to, persons who cannot easily access such services. Regulation 8 requires the National Health Service Commissioning Board to publish the earnings of dental practitioners who perform services under general dental services contracts and personal dental services agreements, as specified in that regulation, and directs the NHS Business Services Authority to exercise that function on behalf of the National Health Service Commissioning Board. Regulation 9 corrects a typographical error. Regulation 10 revokes regulation 24B which implemented the Capitation and Quality Scheme 2 as the Scheme terminates on 31st March 2016.
Part 3 makes amendments to the PDS Regulations which mirror those made to the GDS Regulations.
Part 4 revokes regulations in the 2013 Regulations which implemented the Capitation and Quality Scheme 2 in 2013.