The reference period used in calculating funding levels for the new primary dental service arrangements was 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005. The following table sets out the total payments during that period for courses of treatment which included orthodontic care. The Department does not have data on the value of treatments carried out during the reference period but submitted for payment later.
Primary care trust name Orthodontic earnings 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005 (£) Doncaster, Central 895,608.83 Doncaster, East 109,620.51 Doncaster, West 137,177.76 Rotherham 80,205.19 St. Helens 59,398.90 Barnsley 207,375.93 Notes: 1. The data relate to claims from dentists working under the terms of the former general dental services (GDS) only. They exclude orthodontic work carried out within former personal dental service (PDS) pilots, where the value of orthodontic as opposed to general dental treatments can be less easily identified. The Department is aware of at least two specialist orthodontic practices, in Doncaster Central and Rotherham, which converted to personal dental service pilots either before or during the reference period, which would mean the GDS data above are not fully representative of all elements of orthodontic care. 2. The data are presented by the primary care trust (PCT) areas that were operational during the reference period, rather than the new PCTs that assumed responsibility for services from 1 October 2006. Source: Dental Practice Division of the NHS Business Services Authority