Data for this publication are extracted each month as a snapshot in time from the Primary Care Registration database within the PDS (Personal Demographics Service) system. This release is an accurate snapshot as at 1 July 2025. GP Practice; Primary Care Network (PCN); Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBL); Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England Commissioning Region level data are released in single year of age (SYOA) and 5-year age bands, both of which finish at 95+, split by gender. In addition, organisational mapping data is available to derive PCN; SICBL; ICB and Commissioning Region associated with a GP practice and is updated each month to give relevant organisational mapping. Quarterly publications in January, April, July and October will include Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) populations.

Information on the number of dentists who have carried out NHS activity during the year.

Dentists can work under a number of contracts: - General Dental Services (GDS) providers must provide a full range of mandatory services. - Personal Dental Services (PDS) providers are not obliged to provide the full range of mandatory services. If a provide-only provides specialist services, such as orthodontic work, this has to be under a PDS agreement. - Trust-led Dental Services (TDS) can provide services under PDS agreements and then pay dentists directly rather than through the standard system operated by NHS Dental Services

For more information please see the Guide to NHS Dental Statistics

Thank you for your request for information about the following: Request ‘I was just looking on NHS digital to see if I could see a number for how many children had their eyes tested under the NHS last year.’ [On 28 March 2025 you sent a further email] ‘I’m wondering if it's possible to get this information broken down by age and by location? I’m not sure how it comes and what is available. And also if I can get it for the last three years?’ [On 28 March 2025 we sent you the following clarification request] Can you please confirm the age bands you would like the data to be broken down by? Would you like this broken down by individual age or age groups? Can you please confirm how you would like the location data to be identified? We can provide the data based on the location of the test, or the location of patient residency. Please note, with patient residency, the data captured is as reported on the claim form, this is not validated against the Personal Demographics Service (PDS). Can you also please confirm how you would like the location data to be reported? Currently, the lowest granularity for geography would be by NHS ICB. [On 28 March 2025 you clarified your request as follows] ‘By individual age if possible or age groups if not. As well as the total number of eye tests carried out on 0 – 15 year olds. Location of the test. I’m interested in regional variations for example Derbyshire, Yorkshire etc so yes NHS ICB would be great.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 20 March 2025, with clarification received on 28 March 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Please provide the following data regarding the prescribing of CNS stimulants and ADHD medicines (BNF 68 section 4.4) in England: • Number of patients prescribed CNS stimulants and ADHD medicines between January 2015 and January 2023 broken down by: - Month; - Age group (0-17 years, 18+ years); - Gender (Male and Female). - Chemical substance Response A copy of the information is attached. NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for Pharmacy Contractors, Appliance Contractors, Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration with information then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings (other arrangements are in place for making payments to Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration). This involves processing over 1 billion prescription items and payments totalling over £9 billion each year. The information gathered from this process is then used to provide information on costs and trends in prescribing in England and Wales to over 25,000 registered NHS and Department of Health and Social Care users. Data Source The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse. Exclusions The Data excludes: • Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification. • Prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions. • Items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser. Time Period April 2015 to January 2023 inclusive. Patient Data is available from April 2015 onwards. Organisation Data Only items that were prescribed in England and dispensed in the community have been included. Year Month The year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA. BNF Chemical Substance The nine characters at the beginning of a BNF code which specify the Chemical substance of a drug. Gender_PDS Whether an identified patient is (male or female) has been determined using the latest patient gender information held by the NHSBSA Information Services data warehouse at the time that the prescription data was loaded. Patient gender information is updated periodically - sometime after the data has been loaded - using information from NHS Personal Demographics Service (PDS). At the time that prescription data is loaded the PDS data held by NHSBSA may be incomplete or may not reflect the latest data held by PDS. Patient gender cannot be reported for prescriptions for which the NHS number could not be captured or where no corresponding PDS data is held by NHSBSA. Prescriptions used in this dataset have been limited to where the data held in the NHSBSA data Warehouse has been recorded as male or female. The following percentage of prescription items within the dataset had a recorded gender of male or female, by calendar year: 2015 (April to December) 79.36% 2016 81.66% 2017 81.69% 2018 81.72% 2019 83.97% 2020 87.83% 2021 87.65% 2022 87.56% 2023 (January) 87.56% Age Patient age is as captured on prescriptions during processing. Patients may appear in more than one age group if they have prescribing in more than one age group therefore patient counts should not be added together, and they should only be used as presented in this request. Data has been limited to prescriptions where an age has been captured, the following percentage of prescription items within the dataset had a recorded age, by calendar year;

1) all dental contracts (GDS and PDS) in England 2) their associated contract value and number of UDAs / UOAs 3) the year end performance percentage for each NHS dental contract for all years from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2024. 4) the mid year performance percentage for each NHS dental contract for all years from 1st April 2019 to 30th Sept 2024. Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information and notes explaining it is attached. Data correct as of the below dates: • Mid Year 19/20 04/06/2020 • Year End 19/20 02/12/2020 • Year End 20/21 29/09/2021 • Mid Year 21/22 17/02/2022 • Year End 21/22 06/01/2023 • Mid Year 22/23 08/06/2023 • Year End 22/23 05/03/2025 • Mid Year 23/24 05/03/2024 • Year End 23/24 26/03/2025 • Mid Year 24/25 26/03/2025 Percentages are calculated using the adjusted delivered (which includes any brought forward from the previous year and any miscellaneous credits as instructed by Commissioning Teams) and divided by the annual contracted target, multiplied by 100 (except for Mid Year 2122, which was calculated against April to September 2021), Contracted UOAs (1/2 of the annual contracted UOAs) due to Covid as per instructions from NHSE). For 19/20, the % delivered was calculated using the most appropriate time period to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. There was no Mid Year Review carried out for 2021 due to Covid. UDA Performance Target: The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UOA Performance Target: The contracted units of orthodontic activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UDA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UDA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UOA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UOA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. Note: Mid Year (MY) don’t apply to UDA/UOA Financial Year/Performance Targets

Please supply the following information: Q1. The number of a) contracts and b) performers performing NHS activity in each of the last five years, broken down by Clinical Commissioning Group (and, if you have it, Parliamentary Constituency) Q2. The number of Units of Dental Activity a) commissioned and b) delivered in each of the least five years, broken down by Clinical Commissioning Group (and, if you have it, Parliamentary Constituency) Q3. The total value of Units of Dental Activity a) commissioned and b) delivered in each of the least five years, broken down by Clinical Commissioning Group (and, if you have it, Parliamentary Constituency) Q4. The number of practices holding a NHS dental contract in each of the least five years Response A copy of the information is attached. Guidance Notes This report contains the details for the reporting year 2018-2022 (202104-202205). The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Country Name: The country name where the contract is located, based on the contract postcode. Contract Type: Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to - to be used for year end reporting using the 'Contract Services Combined Fact' table. Contract Start Date: The start date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS. Contract End Date: Any end date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS. Where provided on CoMPASS an end date will show. This figure will be '31/12/9999' if no end date has been entered onto CoMPASS. (All end dates entered on CoMPASS will be displayed). Total FP17s: This is a count of the number of FP17s and FP17Os scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed. UDA Performance Target: The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UOA Performance Target: The contracted units of orthodontic activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UDA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UDA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UOA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UOA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UOA Delivered: Exclude FD For England: The units of orthodontic activity scheduled for the time period selected, relating to the financial year, excluding FD UDA for English contracts and and including UDA for Welsh contracts. UDA Delivered - Financial Year to Date: Exclude FD For England : The units of dental activity scheduled for the financial year to date for the period selected, relating to the financial year e.g. in December this will cover the scheduled months of April to December, excluding FD UDA for English contracts and including UDA for Welsh contracts. Number of Years Open: The number of whole years that a contract has been open for, based on the years between the contract start and end dates, as recorded on CoMPASS. Number of Performers: The number of Dentists as recorded on CoMPASS. Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to - to be used for year end reporting using the 'Contract Services Combined Fact' table.. Notes: It should be noted that a performer will be counted more than once in cases where they work across multiple contracts. Also some contracts CCG/Parliamentary Constituencies can appear across country borders (as is its based on the treatment postcode, i.e. in Wales.) Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

UOA rates for Northamptonshire - more so Kettering if possible, also West Midlands (Birmingham) if possible The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on Thursday 05 June 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached with our response below. This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 in the Birmingham, North Northamptonshire & West Northamptonshire local authorities. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Contracts with a Performance Target/Financial Value greater than one included. Commissioner Code: This is the three character code associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This is a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs). Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This is a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs). Contract Number: This is a unique 10-character number which identifies a contract. Provider Name: The name of the provider. Contract Type: Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus. Financial Year: The financial year associated with the 'Year Month' dimension in the format 'YYYY/YYYY' e.g. 2018/2019 for 201804.

I am seeking data on activity in NHS Community Dental Services in England. • Contract cash value and number of contracted UDAs by CDS contractor • Total UDA delivery, by month 2019-present for all CDS contractors, with breakdown for adult and child patients • Total courses of treatment delivered, by month, 2019-present for all CDS contractors, with breakdown for adult and child patients Date range – 1/1/2019 – 1/11/2023 Response A copy of the information is attached. Guidance Notes Part One: This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 201920 - 202324 for Community Dental Service Contracts. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity relates to. Year-end methodology will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April to June, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April and 31 March of the year. For example, 2019-20 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2019 to June 2020, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. Where FP17s do not have a date of completion, e.g. where the patient has failed to return to complete the treatment, the date of acceptance is used. Contract Number: This is a unique 10-character number which identifies a contract. Latest Provider Name: This is the name of the Provider of the contract. Latest Region Description: Latest name associated with the Region. Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This is a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) UDA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UDA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. UDA Performance Target: The contracted units of dental activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. Paid by BSA: Y/N. Set to 'Y' where the Pilot tick box is ticked within CoMPASS. Therefore, Not Paid by BSA are Trust Community Dental Contracts. Note: This data contains contracts that are paid and not paid by the NHS Business Services Authority. The ‘paid by NHSBSA’ contracts have been based on any contracts that have the Service Line of ‘Community Dental Service’. Part 2: This report contains the details from General FP17s processed for the period stated 201901 - 202310 for Community Dental Service Contracts. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Foundation Dentists are excluded. Year Month: Used throughout the system to identify the specific year and month that the data relates to, i.e. for forms, it would be the month that the activity was scheduled. This is in the format 'YYYYMM' e.g. 201804 for April 2018. Contract Number: This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract. Latest Provider Name: This is the name of the Provider of the contract. Latest Region Description: Latest name associated with the Region. Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. Contract Type: Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus Adult/Child: Adult/Child Patients are defined based on the patients’ age at the date of acceptance. An adult is defined as a patient aged 18 or over at the date of acceptance, a child aged under 18. Total FP17s : This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed. Paid by BSA: Y/N. Set to 'Y' where the Pilot tick box is ticked within CoMPASS. Therefore, Not Paid by BSA are Trust Community Dental Contracts. Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity relates to. Year-end methodology will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April to June, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April and 31 March of the year. For example, 2019-20 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2019 to June 2020, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. Where FP17s do not have a date of completion, e.g. where the patient has failed to return to complete the treatment, the date of acceptance is used. UDA Delivered: The units of dental activity scheduled for the time period selected, relating to the financial year. Note: This data contains contracts that are paid and not paid by the NHS Business Services Authority. The ‘paid by NHSBSA’ contracts have been based on any contracts that have the Service Line of ‘Community Dental Service’. Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full details where the total number of patients falls below five. This is because the patients could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available. This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a) it is not fair to disclose patients’ personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress. b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the patients.

This report provides a detailed study of the earnings and expenses of General Dental Service (GDS) and Personal Dental Services (PDS) dentists in Great Britain and is based on tax data for dentists with an accounting year ending in 2005/06. All averages in the report relate to both full- and part-time dentists with varying levels of earnings from the NHS. The earnings and expenses relate to NHS and private work. This report has been produced by the Information Centre for health and social care (IC). A joint working group with representation from the IC, the Department of Health (DH), the British Dental Association (BDA), the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body (DDRB) secretariat and the NHS Business Services Authority Dental Services Division (DSD) was consulted on the content of the report. Changes from year to year are affected by estimates from samples of dentists and by changes in the composition of the workforce, including the shift to PDS , in 2005/06. This is the first time that earnings results for PDS1 dentists have been published. It is not meaningful to discuss the average earnings of an average dentist as there is great variation in the different financial arrangements. However, the key findings among GB dentists in 2005/06 are: