Standard Contracts
The Standard nGDS contract approved by DH solicitors is now available from the Department’s website. The standard PDS agreement (where the PCT is not providing services under the agreement) is also available.
Click here to access the Standard nGDS contract and factsheet.
Click here to access the Standard clauses for a PDS agreement where the PCT is not providing services under the agreement.
Contract Variations
Following a range of helpful comments on the model contracts issued in December 2005, the Department of Health has asked its lawyers to review and revise the drafting of both the GDS Standard Contract document and Standard Clauses for a PDS Agreement.
Click here to read the variation order and associated information for nPDS.
Click here to read the variation order and associated information for nGDS.
The amendments are mainly of a technical nature, correcting cross references and numbering, but one or two additional clauses have been added where the meaning was unclear to users.
GDS and PDS versions of a Variation Notice which PCTs will need to issue where contracts or agreements have already been signed. PCTs should use the 13 March versions of the Standard Contract and Clauses for PDS agreements in all cases where the relevant documents have not yet been signed by the parties.
Key points to bear in mind in agreeing new contracts
This document points out several aspects of contract agreement that are important to note. Click here to download.
Disputes
NHS Litigation Authority - Follow this link to see the latest rulings on pre-contract disputes
Dispute Resolution Hints and Tips 2 - This document, available from our Shared Learning and Good Practice page, lists some disputed clauses as reported by both PCTs and providers, together with suggestions for resolving them before the dispute reaches the NHS Litigation Authority
GDS Prescribing Profile information.
On November 29th 2005, the Acting CDO sent out a letter highlighting important information from the dental Practice Board (DPB) to all dentists in England currently holding GDS contracts. The DPB material enclosed gives further details on prescribing profiles and raises key issues around the new GDS and PDS contracts.
To read the letter, click here
To read the GDS Prescribing Profile notes, click here
To read the accompanying information for PCTs, click here
Information from the Dental Practice Board (now the BSA Dental Practice Division) .
The DPB have provided answers to some common concerns expressed by PCTs, and also an updated user guide for PDS. Click here to access.
Statements of Financial Entitlements
Click here to access the SFEs for PDS and GDS. These were updated on 27 April to reflect the DDRB uplift for 06/07.
Claim form
The claim form for use by dentists in claiming payments under the SFE is available for download here. This is the form referred to as 'set nationally and available electronically' in the Statement of Financial Entitlements.
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