English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset

##Dataset Description
This dataset allows you to look at the commissioned activity and contractual payments for all NHS Dental Services provided for each financial year, at national, commissioner and contract level. These are provided each month because contracts can change during a financial year.  You can compare the general and orthodontic services commissioned to that provided/delivered in the contract data. This will give you an idea of how areas of contracts are performing. 

The dataset is released at individual dental contract level and only relates to contracts that provide General NHS Dental Services. However, they do contain information on all service lines held by that contract.  This dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to be commissioned locally.

You can read more about this dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual dataset guidance documentation (ODT: 223 KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Contractual%20Dataset%20Guidance.odt). 

You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset data dictionary (XLSX: 21KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Contractual%20Dataset%20Data%20Dictionary%20v1.xlsx)

We also publish the [English Contractor Monthly General Activity Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity) and the [English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-orthodontic-activity).

<h2>Overview of Service</h2>
<p>More information about our NHSBSA Dental Data service can be found here -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-data">Dental data | NHSBSA</a></p>

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<p>NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse.</p>    
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       <p>The dataset is derived from contractual entries made by commissioners via the <a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass">Compass</a> system.</p>
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        <p>This dataset is published three months behind the current month. 
<p>Example: March data will be published in June.</p>
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        <p>This data is for England only.</p>
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<p>Management Information – This is not an official statistic.</p>
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  <p>The dataset is released at individual dental contract level and only relates to contracts that provide General NHS Dental Services. However, they do contain information on all service lines held by that contract. This dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to be commissioned locally.</p>
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    <p>If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact <a href="mailto:DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk">DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a> ensuring you quote the name of the dataset for reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.</p>
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    <p>If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact <a href="mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk">communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.</p>
    <p>The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or other applicable law. You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source.</p>
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<p>NHS Business Services Authority. "English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset.” NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: <a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-and-orthodontic-contractual-dataset">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-and-orthodontic-contractual-dataset</a></p>
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Tags: contracts, dental, orthodontic
Organization: Dental Data