The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2015

Insertion of new Schedule 2A into the GDS Regulations

8.  After Schedule 2 (provision of services: units of dental activity and units of orthodontic activity), insert—

Regulation 18A

“SCHEDULE 2A Provision of services: units of dental activity where a contractor has elected to enter into a prototype agreement

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.

(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.

Table A

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

Type of course of treatment	Units 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 practice	0.0
Band 1 course of treatment (urgent treatment) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice	1.2
Band 2 course of treatment	2.0
Band 2 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider	3.0
Band 3 course of treatment	11.0
Band 3 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider	12.0

Table B

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

Type of course of treatment	Units 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 practice	0.0
Band 1 course of treatment (urgent treatment) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice	1.2
Band 2 course of treatment	0.0
Band 2 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider	3.0
Band 3 course of treatment	9.0
Band 3 course of treatment where a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services by another provider	12.0

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 treatment	Units of dental activity provided
Issue of a prescription	0.0
Repair of a dental appliance (denture) where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice	0.0
Repair of a dental appliance (denture) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice	1.0
Repair of a dental appliance (bridge) where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice	0.0
Repair of a dental appliance (bridge) where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice	1.2
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 practice	1.0
Arrest of bleeding where the patient is a capitated patient of the practice	0.0
Arrest of bleeding where the patient is not a capitated patient of the practice	1.2”