Dental contracts and practices by local health board
Next update expected:August 2026
Updates
- 5th March 2026
- Dataset first published.
Main information
- Designation
- Official statistics
- Data provider
- NHS Business Services Authority
- Data source
- Dental services
- Time period covered
- April 2022 to March 2025
Overview
- Summary of dataset and variables
This data shows the number of dental contracts and practices.
- Data collection or calculation
The data is derived from dental activity forms submitted for payment and processed by NHS Business Services Authority Dental Services.
Data is based on at least one FP17W or FP17OW being submitted by a contract at a dental practice.
Dental contract: a dental practitioner or group of dental practitioners that enter into contract with a Local Health Board to provide NHS dental services. More than one dental practitioner can perform NHS dental work under the same contract (for example, the practitioner who enters the contract may sub-contract to other dental practitioners to perform work under the same contract).
Dental practice: the geographic location where dental treatment took place. Each location can have work performed there by different dental practitioners who may have entered into separate dental contracts with the Local Health Board.
- Statistical quality
Further information can be found in the related statistical publication, as per given weblink.
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Published by
- Organisation
- Welsh Government
- Contact email
- stats.healthinfo@gov.wales