Dental Commissioning Statistics, England – March 2014
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.
• 89.2 million UDAs had been commissioned as at 31st March 2014.
• This is 1.2 million lower (1.3% decrease) than the UDAs commissioned compared to the previous year, and 286,081 lower (0.3% decrease) compared to the previous quarter.
• Around 500,000 of the 1.2 million decrease in UDAs is due to corrections in reporting (commissioning for Community Dental Services for some areas were previously incorrectly included in the figures)
• UDAs commissioned but not yet delivering services represent 0.1% (70,801) of all UDAs commissioned this quarter.
Links:
Dental Contracts Statistics:
DC01 March 2014 (XLS, 33.0KB)
Dental Commissioning (DC01) Guidance Notes