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Dental Payment System
Population Size
Not reported
Years
2014
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Lead time
Not applicable
Summary
Information on dental activity carried out by General Dental Practitioners (GDP) in NI. Includes information on GDP, dental surgeries, patient registrations, treatments carried out and submitted to BSO for payment and payments made to GDP.
Documentation
The dataset is extracted from the Family Practitioner Services dental payment system and relates to HSCNI General Dental Services activity. This payment system began operation in December 2014, with the first associated payment being made in January 2015. Data covers patient details, patient registrations, treatments, dentist contracts, dental premises and payment details. Seven years of historical data was migrated over, where possible, to this system in December 2014, however new tables were not always in the same format as old, so historical data is not always comparable. This information does not include any dental treatments delivered by Trust based dental services or any treatments carried out privately by health service dentists.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Associated media
Keywords
Northern Ireland, Dental, Dentists, Treatments, Registration, HSC
Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Events | Approximately 2.1 million submissions submitted annual up to 2019/20. Approximately 0.9 - 1.1 million from 2020/21 onwards. | 2100000 | Count | 04 Jan 2023 |
Provenance
Source of data extraction
Other
Collection source setting
Primary care - Clinic
Patient pathway description
This dataset deals with the FPS Dental Payment system only.
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Structural Metadata
Details
Publishing frequency
Irregular
Version
2.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Citation Requirements
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to acknowledge the help provided by the staff of the Honest Broker Service (HBS) within the Business Services Organisation Northern Ireland (BSO). The HBS is funded by the BSO and the Department of Health (DoH). The authors alone are responsible for the interpretation of the data and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the BSO.
Coverage
Start date
01/12/2014
Time lag
Variable
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland
Maximum age range
120
Follow-up
Unknown
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
text, csv
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
Remote access can now be granted via an HSCNI tenancy of the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UK SeRP), the HBS still offer the physical safe setting in Belfast for local research.
Jurisdiction
GB-GBN, GB-NIR
Data use limitation
Research use only
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
Business Services Organisation (BSO) hold the data, research requests are approved by the Honest Broker Service Governance Board on behalf of HSC.
Data Processor
HSC Honest Broker Service