Dental data

We hold comprehensive information on general and orthodontic commissioned NHS dental contracts and their delivery of services.

Data is captured from the FP17 form submitted by dental contractors via the CoMPASS system,

The information we provide is used to help with:

performance management
financial planning
following clinical best practice
compliance with regulations
identifying outlier behaviour

We provide information to:

NHS Commissioners
NHS stakeholders
the general public
academic researchers

Data is held on the following categories:

Contractual

We hold information relating to NHS dental contracts that identifies:

who holds the contract
the location of the contract
who performs dental work on the contract

Activity

We hold data that identifies any dental treatment activity including:

the type of treatment
the cost of the treatment
who performed the treatment
the treatment banding
detailed information on the treatment carried out

Financial

We hold data relating to financial aspects of dental contract management, including:

total contract value
dentist remuneration
pensions
business rate information

This data allows us to produce a variety of financial, activity and risk-based reports for those who need access to this data. It also means that we can pay contracts promptly and accurately.

Access

We hold data that identifies the level of patient access to dental treatment in England and Wales. It identifies:

where patients travel to and from to receive treatment
access within deprived areas (known as lower layer super output areas)

This information can be used with Office of National Statistics population figures.

Assurance

We work closely with NHS Dental Services, NHS England and NHS Improvement to identify contract outliers.

This allows us to identify any risks to the provision and quality of dental care.

We provide tailored reports for specific areas to help improve assurance within dental treatment.

Dental systems

We provide information on dental data to registered users through eDEN dashboards and reports hosted on the NHSBSA Dental Services Compass system.

These products can help to identify trends and inform decisions to provide value for money services.

eDEN is an online application which allows you to:

access dental data faster
manage user friendly reports
refresh and export dashboards and flat data tables
view data visualisations

Public data

We produce reports which are freely available to the public.

Reports available to the public via the Open Data Portal (ODP):

English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset

English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity

English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity

More information on the dental reports published is available via the ODP.

Data for research can be requested via our data for academic research page.

We also have a team who will answer any questions you might have about the data.