Paragraph 1
England and Wales
F2Subject to paragraph 1A of this Schedule, where the contractor provides-—
a Band 1 or Band 3 course of treatment; or
a sub-band of a Band 2 course of treatment as set out in Part 1A of this Schedule,
the contractor provides the number of units of dental activity specified in the appropriate row of Table A.
Subject to paragraph 1A of this Schedule, where a contractor provides a complex care pathway, the contractor provides the number of units of dental activity to be calculated in accordance with the appropriate row in Table D.
Where a banded course of treatment is commenced but not completed for whatever reason, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided shall be calculated on the basis of the components of the course of the treatment which has been—
completed; and
commenced but not completed.
Where the course of treatment provided is a complex care pathway and is commenced but not completed for any reason, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided shall be calculated on the basis of the monthly declarations provided by the contractor, as described in paragraphs 38A to 38D of Schedule 3.
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—
that contractor; and
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 they actually provide, F6or for a complex care pathway on the basis of declarations provided, notwithstanding that the treatment constitutes a single F7... course of treatment for charging purposes.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (25.11.2022) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1132), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(i)
- F2
Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (23.6.2026) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services and Dental Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/554), regs. 1(2), 9(3)
- F3
Sch. 2 para. 1(1A) inserted (23.6.2026) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services and Dental Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/554), regs. 1(2), 9(4)
- F4
Sch. 2 para. 1(2A) inserted (23.6.2026) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services and Dental Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/554), regs. 1(2), 9(5)
- F5
Sch. 2 para. 1(3) inserted (1.4.2014) by The National Health Service Primary Dental Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/443), regs. 1, 3(3)
- F6
Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(3) inserted (23.6.2026) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services and Dental Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/554), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(a)
- F7
Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(3) omitted (23.6.2026) by virtue of The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services and Dental Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/554), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(b)
Notes on Schedule 2
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Sch. 2 shoulder reference inserted (23.6.2026) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services and Dental Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/554), regs. 1(2), 9(2)