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Courses of treatment by treatment band, patient type, local health board and quarterLast update
25 May 2023Next update
28 September 2023Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Dental Services, NHS Business Services AuthorityContact email
stats.healthinfo@gov.walesDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local health boardsGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English onlyData licensing
You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licenceKeywords
Dental; NHS Dental; Courses of Treatment; COTS; Treatment bandGeneral description
The information presented here shows NHS activity by quarter.Courses of Treatment: The difference between the annual and quarterly figures is that the annual figures take account of late submissions of FP17 forms by dentists to NHS Dental Services, whereas the quarterly figures do not. Information on any NHS dental work completed by an NHS dentist is submitted to NHS Dental Services for payment on an FP17 form, the majority of which are electronic submissions. Furthermore, the term 'Claims for Treatment' was replaced by 'Courses of Treatment' in the annual dental release in August. The two terms are interchangeable and refer to the same construct, however it was decided to use 'Courses of Treatment' to allow comparisons to be made with the other UK countries and to avoid confusion. The courses of treatment data is comparable to the claims for treatment data previously.
Data collection and calculation
The data is derived from dental activity forms submitted for payment and processed by NHS Business Services Authority Dental Services.The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the way dental services have been provided in Wales and therefore affect the data collected from the last quarter of the financial year 2019-20 and the full financial year 2020-21 onwards.
From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. For more information see the joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards (see weblinks). The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board. A link to the statement from the minister for health and social service can be found in the weblinks section.
Frequency of publication
QuarterlyData reference periods
April - June 2009 onwardsUsers, uses and context
Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per given weblink.Rounding applied
None.Revisions information
Data are revised at end of year reconciliation.Statistical quality
Further information can be found in the related statistical publication, as per given weblink.Weblinks
NHS dental services:https://gov.wales/nhs-dental-services
https://cwmtaf.wales/welsh-government-announce-decision-on-bridgend-boundary-change/
https://gov.wales/written-statement-health-board-boundary-bridgend-associated-planning