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E-reporting - latest developments
19 November 2009
The roll-out of the second e-reporting licence to PCTs is due to be completed by the end of the month. One further licence for each PCT will be available from January 2010, taking the total allocated to each PCT to three...
Template letter for PCTs on Dental Access Programme
19 November 2009
A template letter for PCTs to send to local dentists reminding them of the objectives of the Dental Access Programme and progress made to date is available for download...
New access template agreement launched
19 November 2009
The new access template agreement was released this week. A number of changes have been made to the agreement following consultation with the BDA, LDCs, local bidders and a wide range of providers and other stakeholders...
Dental commissioning for quarter ending September 2009 now published
13 November 2009
The latest data on the number of new NHS dental contracts signed and rejected and the approximate service value of these contracts expressed in units of dental activity (UDA) was published by the DH on 5 November...
Mouth Cancer Action Month gets under way
4 November 2009
Mouth Cancer Action Month, launched last week, runs for the whole of November and reaches all UK dental practices, pharmacies and other outlets....

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