Paragraph 58 Mid-year reviews

This paragraph and paragraph 59 apply where services are to be provided under the contract from 1st April in any financial year.

In this paragraph and paragraph 59, references to requirements to provide units of dental activity F1, urgent treatments or orthodontic activity are to such requirements under the terms of the contract giving effect to regulation 17 (units of dental activity) , 17A (required number of urgent treatments) or 18 (units of orthodontic activity).

F2NHS England shall, by 31st October in each financial year, determine the number of—

that the contractor has provided between 1st April and 30th September of that financial year based on the data provided to it by virtue of paragraph 38.

Where NHS England determines under sub-paragraph (3) that the contractor has, between 1st April and 30th September, provided less than 30 per cent of the total number of—

that it is required to provide in that financial year, sub-paragraph (5) shall apply.

Where this sub-paragraph applies, NHS England may—

Where a mid-year review is required by NHS England pursuant to sub-paragraph (5), NHS England and the contractor shall discuss at that review—

NHS England shall prepare a draft record of the mid-year review for comment by the contractor and, having regard to such comments, shall produce a final written record of the review.

A copy of the final record of the mid-year review shall be sent to the contractor.