English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity

##Dataset Description The English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity dataset provides information about the orthodontic dental activity carried out by dentists on behalf of the NHS in England. Published monthly, the data is released at individual dental contract level and only relate to contracts that provide orthodontic NHS Dental Services. This dataset allows you to look at the activity provided for each financial year, monthly at national, commissioner and contract level. You can compare the orthodontic activity delivered to that commissioned in the contract data. This will give you an idea of how areas of contracts are performing. The dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to commissioned locally. You can read more about this dataset and how to use it in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Activity guidance documentation (ODT: 234KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Activity%20Guidance.odt). You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity Data Dictionary (XLSX: 10KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20Orthodontic%20Activity%20Data%20Dictionary.xlsx) We also publish the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity). Overview of Service More information about our NHSBSA Dental Data service can be found here -  Dental data | NHSBSA Dataset Details Data Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse. Data Collection The dataset is derived from FP17 forms which are submitted by dentists via the Compass system. Time Periods This dataset is published three months behind the current month. Example: March data will be published in June. Geography This data is for England only. Statistical Classification Management Information – This is not an official statistic. Enquiries Who can I contact if I have queries relating to the data? If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact [email protected] ensuring you quote the name of the dataset for reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. Citing and Reusing This Data Important information regarding reusing the data and copyright If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact [email protected] . This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or other applicable law. You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source. Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity.” NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-orthodontic-activity