dental hygienists and dental therapists auxiliary staff including dental surgery assistants and administrative support personnel. 6.5.2 Supplies, Equipment and other Services prosthodontic services – access to dental technology services for fixed and removable prosthodontics pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, analgesics, haemostatic agents, and oral sedatives. 7. Service Linkages In addition to the generic Service Linkages in the tier one Oral Health Services service specification, the Service will have effective relationships and linkages with the following services that contribute to their Service Users’ overall care management: DHB paediatric services including child development services Other oral health practitioners and services including Dental Therapists and Child and Adolescent Dental Services. 8. Quality Requirements Refer to tier one Oral Health Services service specification for generic Quality Requirements including requirements of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014. In addition the Service will: establish and maintain robust and effective communication channels with other oral health services and providers, as appropriate, to ensure optimum care for the Service User have effective linkages to ensure people in supported accommodation are able to access the Service, as appropriate. 9. Purchase Units and Reporting Requirements 9.1 Purchase Units (PUs) are defined in the joint DHB and Ministry’s Nationwide Service Framework Purchase Unit Data Dictionary. The following PUs apply to this Service. Where the Service is provided by a non-hospital provider, data may be provided to the Contract Management Service (CMS) as per the contractual agreement. PU Code PU Description PU Definition Unit of Measure National Collection D01001 Inpatient Dental treatment DRG WIESNZ Discharge. Additional Information is found in the NZ Casemix Framework for Publicly Funded Hospitals which gets updated every year. Cost Weighted Discharge National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) D01001S1 Sedation programme Consultations for children requiring dental treatment under sedation. Attendance National Patient Collection (NNPAC) D01001S2 Sedation programme Sedation for children requiring dental treatment. Attendance NNPAC D01002 Outpatient Dental treatment Attendance to registered Oral Health Practitioner for assessment/ treatment. Attendance NNPAC
D01021 Paediatric dental support Specialist dental support for children with and jaw deformities or complex dental problems. Service NNPAC D01PRE Dental - Preadmission visit NOT PURCHASED FOR NNPAC USE ONLY - preadmission visit for Dental pre- anaesthetic activity, paid for as part of CWD price Attendance NNPAC Unit of Measure Name Unit of Measure Definition Attendance Number of attendances to a clinic/department/acute assessment unit or domiciliary. Cost Weighted Discharge A numerical measure representing the relative cost of treating a patient through to discharge. Service Service purchased in a block arrangement uniquely agreed between the parties to the agreement 9.2 Reporting Requirements The Service must comply with the requirements of national data collections where appropriate. Ethnicity data Services will record data at patient level, using the National Health Index (NHI). Ethnicity data for NHI is to be collected and provided to the DHB according to the ‘Ethnicity Data Protocols for the Health and Disability Sector – 2004’ at Level 2. The Protocol provides guidelines for collecting ethnicity for children. There is an expectation that all providers of the Service will collect and provide Level 2 ethnicity data for DHBs as requested, by 1 July 2015.