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<p>The NHS Business Services Authority collects a wide range of data from dental practices
as part of its role as payment agency for National Health Service dental remuneration.
A sub set of this data is routinely published by NHS Digital and is available at the
following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics"
target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics</a></p><p>A
further suite of management information is not routinely published but is directly
shared with dental contract holders through the IT system used to manage remuneration
known as Compass. Other data held by the NHS Business Services Authority is available
by specific request subject to the usual rules on data protection.</p><p>Oversight
of the NHS Business Services Authority overall is provided by the Department. The
NHS Business Services Authority dental services carry out yearly research into user
satisfaction with its services. This includes a survey of dental contract holders.
The survey aims to identify areas for further improvement and the results are shared
with the Department.</p>
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