Regulation 4 Amendments relating to Units of Dental Activity for Band 2 courses of treatment

(1)

The PDS Agreements Regulations are amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 2 (provision of services: units of dental activity and units of orthodontic activity)—

(a)

in Part 1 (units of dental activity)—

(i)

for paragraph 1(1) substitute—

“(1)

Where the contractor provides-—

(a)

a Band 1 or Band 3 course of treatment; or

(b)

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.”;

(ii)

for Table A, substitute Table A as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(b)

after Part 1, insert Part 1A as set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(3)

In Part 2 of Schedule 3 (other contractual terms – provision of services), in paragraph 12(4), after “NHS Charges Regulations” insert “and if such restoration falls within a Band 2 course of treatment, the applicable sub-band for the purpose of calculating the appropriate number of units of dental activity shall be determined in accordance with Parts 1 and 1A of Schedule 2”.