Primary Dental Services. NHS Business Services Authority has existing agreements with NHS England to support its delivery of the following services:
Primary Dental Services. 2.1 NHS Business Services Authority has existing agreements with NHS England to support its delivery of the following services:
2.1.1 Contract management – end-to-end administration of contract variations and other regional team/ICB support activities;
2.1.2 Performance management - provide mid and end of year administration process to support regional teams and ICBs and undertake risk based assurance reviews - PPV can also be instigated by the ICS or Counter Fraud;
2.1.3 Clinical assurance reviews – provide clinical assurance of quality of dental services delivered, working in collaboration with regional teams/ICBs to identify and seek to address any concerns;
2.1.4 Provide data reports to teams defining quantity and service delivery at a contractor level.
Primary Dental Services. The following functions and related activities shall continue to be exercised by NHS England (the “Reserved Primary Dental Services Functions”): determining the outcomes expected from Primary Dental Services and the main characteristics of high quality services, taking into account national priorities for improving NHS outcomes; designing and delivering national transformation programmes in line with any applicable commissioning policies and guidance; the negotiation and agreement of matters concerning Dental Services Contracts with national stakeholders including, without limitation, the Department of Health and Social Care and bodies representing providers of primary dental services nationally; the development of national standard Dental Service Contracts and national contract variations and guidance to ensure an equitable approach to applying nationally agreed changes to all Primary Dental Services providers; the provision of all dental commissioning and contracting policy and guidance to support ICBs to meet their delegated duties; the provision of nationally contracted services delivering digital, logistical and support services for Primary Dental Services in England (including but not limited to): Payments Pensions
