- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Contractor10
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Contractor — also bound by 173 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Title, commencement and application
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Conditions: introductory
s.004
General conditions relating to all agreements
s.005
Additional conditions relating to agreements with qualifying bodies
s.006
Reasons
s.007
Appeal
s.008
Pre-agreement disputes
s.009
Health service body status
s.010
NHS contracts
s.011
Additional services
s.012
Agreements: general
s.013
Mandatory and advanced mandatory services
s.014
Units of orthodontic activity
s.015
Under - provision of mandatory or advanced mandatory services, or units of orthodontic activity
s.016
Domiciliary services and sedation services
s.017
Finance
s.018
Fees, charges and financial interests of the contractor
s.019
Arrangements on termination
s.020
Other contractual terms
s.021
Right to a general dental services contract
s.022
Commencement of agreement
Schedules
Schedules
10 of 120 shown
s.sch001
Orthodontic course of treatment
Regulated
- Provide orthodontic treatment and complete course in reasonable timeContractor
s.sch003
– Cost of relevant calls
Regulated
- Ensure practice phone numbers are no more expensive than geographic numbersContractor
s.sch003
National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance
Regulated
- Provide dental services in line with NICE recall guidanceContractor
s.sch003
Welsh Language
Regulated
- Comply with Welsh language requirements for dental servicesContractor
s.sch003
Appraisal and assessment
Regulated
- Ensure dental practitioners participate in appraisals and co-operate with NHSLA assessmentsContractor
s.sch003
Notification of a course of treatment, orthodontic course of treatment etc.
Regulated
- Notify Relevant Body of completed NHS dental treatments within 2 monthsContractor
s.sch003
The contractor must establish and operate arrangements which meet the...
Regulated
- Set up a complaints handling system meeting Welsh NHS regulationsContractor
s.sch003
Complaints received prior to 1 April 2011
Regulated
- Operate a complaints procedure for pre-2011 complaints and inform patients about itContractor
s.sch003
Further requirements for complaints procedures
Regulated
- Implement a compliant complaints procedure for dental servicesContractor
s.sch003
Mandatory services
Regulated
- Provide mandatory dental services as agreedContractor
110 other schedules
s.sch001
Provision of advanced mandatory services, domiciliary services and sedation services by the contractor
s.sch001
Referral services
s.sch001
Sedation services
s.sch001
Patients to whom orthodontic services may be provided
s.sch001
Orthodontic treatment plans
s.sch001
Monitoring outcomes
s.sch001
Completion of orthodontic courses of treatment
s.sch002
(1) Where the contractor provides an orthodontic course of treatment...
s.sch003
Persons to whom mandatory services or additional services are to be provided
s.sch003
Referral to another contractor, a hospital or other relevant service provider for advanced mandatory, domiciliary or sedation services
s.sch003
Mixing of services provided under the agreement with private services
s.sch003
Repair or replacement of restorations
s.sch003
Premises, facilities and equipment
s.sch003
Telephone services
s.sch003
Infection control
s.sch003
Treatment under general anaesthesia: prohibition
s.sch003
General
s.sch003
Supply of drugs
s.sch003
Patient preference of practitioner
s.sch003
Issue of prescription forms
s.sch003
Excessive prescribing
s.sch003
Dental practitioners
s.sch003
Dental care professionals
s.sch003
Performers: further requirements
s.sch003
Conditions for employment and engagement: dental practitioners performing dental services
s.sch003
Conditions for employment and engagement: persons performing dental services other than dental practitioners
s.sch003
Conditions for employment and engagement: all persons performing dental services
s.sch003
Conditions for employment or engagement: persons assisting in the provision of services under the agreement
s.sch003
Training
s.sch003
Violent patients
s.sch003
Level of skill
s.sch003
Sub-contracting of clinical matters
s.sch003
Patient records
s.sch003
Confidentiality of personal data
s.sch003
Patient information
s.sch003
Provision of and access to information: the Relevant Body
s.sch003
Requests for information from Community Health Councils
s.sch003
Inquiries about prescriptions and referrals
s.sch003
Patients who refuse to pay NHS charges prior to the commencement of, or during, treatment
s.sch003
Annual report and review
s.sch003
Notifications to the Relevant Body
s.sch003
Notice provisions specific to an agreement with a qualifying body
s.sch003
Notifications to patients following a variation of the agreement
s.sch003
Entry and inspection by the Relevant Body
s.sch003
Entry and inspection by members of Community Health Councils
s.sch003
Entry and inspection by the Welsh Ministers
s.sch003
Making of complaints
s.sch003
Period for making complaints
s.sch003
Irrevocable breakdown in relationship between contractor and patient
s.sch003
Co-operation with investigations
s.sch003
Provision of information
s.sch003
Local resolution of agreement disputes
s.sch003
Dispute resolution: non-NHS contracts
s.sch003
NHS dispute resolution procedure
s.sch003
Determination of dispute
s.sch003
Interpretation of Part 7
s.sch003
Mid-year reviews
s.sch003
Action the Relevant Body can take following a mid-year review
s.sch003
(1) Subject to paragraph 32(3), no amendment or variation will...
s.sch003
Variation of an agreement: activity under the agreement
s.sch003
Termination by agreement
s.sch003
Termination on the death of an individual
s.sch003
Termination by the contractor
s.sch003
Late payment notices
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body: general provisions
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body: notice
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body for the provision of untrue etc. information
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body on grounds of suitability etc
s.sch003
Course of treatment
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body: patient safety and material financial loss
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body: remedial notices and breach notices
s.sch003
Termination by the Relevant Body: additional provisions specific to contracts with qualifying bodies
s.sch003
Agreement sanctions
s.sch003
Agreement sanctions and the NHS dispute resolution procedure
s.sch003
Termination and the NHS dispute resolution procedure
s.sch003
Evidence of exemption under the Act
s.sch003
Clinical governance arrangements
s.sch003
Quality assurance system
s.sch003
Insurance: negligent performance
s.sch003
Treatment plans
s.sch003
Public liability insurance
s.sch003
Gifts
s.sch003
Compliance with legislation and guidance
s.sch003
Third party rights
s.sch003
Signing of documents
s.sch003
Completion of courses of treatment
s.sch004
A practice leaflet will include—
s.sch004
The rights of a patient to express a preference of...
s.sch004
The services available under the agreement.
s.sch004
The normal surgery days and hours of the practice.
s.sch004
The arrangements for the dental hours and days that fall...
s.sch004
If the services in paragraph 13 are not provided by...
s.sch004
The telephone number of NHS Direct and details of NHS...
s.sch004
How patients may— (1) in respect of complaints made prior...
s.sch004
The rights and responsibilities of the patient, including keeping appointments....
s.sch004
The action that may be taken where a patient is...
s.sch004
Details of who has access to patient information (including information...
s.sch004
In the case of an agreement with a qualifying body—...
s.sch004
The name, postal and website address and telephone number of...
s.sch004
The fact that details of primary dental services in the...
s.sch004
The full name of each person performing services under the...
s.sch004
In the case of each person performing dental services under...
s.sch004
Whether the contractor undertakes the teaching or training of persons...
s.sch004
The address of each of the practice premises.
s.sch004
The contractor’s telephone and fax numbers and the address of...
s.sch004
Whether the practice premises have suitable access for disabled patients...
s.sch004
How to request services as a patient.
s.sch005
Paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 3 will apply as...
s.sch005
As if for paragraph 3, there were substituted the following—...
s.sch005
As if for paragraph 5, there were substituted the following—...
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.