These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by Area Teams as at the end of each quarter, for the proceeding 12 months.

The figures are broken down into two groups:

• UDAs commissioned where the dental service is being provided;
• UDAs commissioned in contracts not yet delivering services (for example, UDAs in new contracts, where the contract has been signed but the dental activity has not yet started).

Key findings this quarter:

• All 25 Commissioners (all NHS Area Teams) returned data.
• 88.9 million UDAs had been commissioned as at 30 June 2014.
• This is 196,000 lower (0.2% decrease) than the UDAs commissioned compared to the previous year, and 255,000 lower (0.3% decrease) compared to the previous quarter.
• A large proportion of the decrease in UDAs commissioned can be attributed to improvements in reporting following a quality checking exercise. For more information see the guidance note below.
• UDAs commissioned but not yet delivering services represent less than 0.01% (2,247) of all UDAs commissioned this quarter.

Links:

Dental Contracts Statistics:
‎Dental Commissioning (DC01) for quarter ending June 2014 (XLS,34KB)

Dental Commissioning (DC01) for quarter ending June 2014(CSV,4KB)

Guidance for the DC01 Return:
Dental Commissioning Guidance 2014 (DOC, 46KB)

Archive – Previous quarters Dental Commissioning Statistics

For further enquiries regarding the DC01 publication, please contact us on: England.DC01@nhs.net