Written Question · S3W-17130 · Session 3
Further to the answer to question S3W-16356 by Shona Robison on 30 September 2008, what the difference is between dental bodies corporate, …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16356 by Shona Robison on 30 September 2008, what the difference is between dental bodies corporate, general dental practitioners (with partners or a sole trader) and commercial companies in terms of the provision of NHS general dental services.
The answer
Only individual general dental practitioners can join NHS board dental lists in order to provide general dental services “ the arrangement is with the individual dentist, not with the practice nor the partnership if one exists.
Dental bodies corporate and commercial companies cannot currently provide general dental services, although individual dentists working for dental bodies corporate can join NHS board lists in order to provide general dental services. Provisions are being made to list dental bodies corporate. Information about the listing of Dental Bodies Corporate is set out in the answer to S3W-17131 on 12 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
Commercial companies will not be able to be listed to provide general dental services unless they constitute a dental body corporate, which has to have a majority of directors who are registered dentists or registered dental care professionals or a combination of dentists and dental care professionals.
Dental bodies corporate and commercial companies cannot currently provide general dental services, although individual dentists working for dental bodies corporate can join NHS board lists in order to provide general dental services. Provisions are being made to list dental bodies corporate. Information about the listing of Dental Bodies Corporate is set out in the answer to S3W-17131 on 12 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
Commercial companies will not be able to be listed to provide general dental services unless they constitute a dental body corporate, which has to have a majority of directors who are registered dentists or registered dental care professionals or a combination of dentists and dental care professionals.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-17130 by reference.