The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

JurisdictionWales
CitationSI 2014/872 (W86)
Year2014

2014No. 872 (W. 86)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

31March2014

1April2014

1May2014

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 61, 66 and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006( 1).

Title, commencement and application

1. (1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and they come into force on 1 May 2014.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Amendment to the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2006

2. In Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2006( 2) (provision of services: units of dental activity and units of orthodontic activity), in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (2) insert-

"(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-(a) that contractor; and(b) 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, notwithstanding that the treatment constitutes a single banded course of treatment for charging purposes.".

Amendment to the National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006

3. In Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006( 3) (provision of services: units of dental activity and units of orthodontic activity), in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (2) insert-

"(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-(a) that contractor; and(b) 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, notwithstanding that the treatment constitutes a single banded course of treatment for charging...

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