Percentage of weekly hours working NHS (Approximate)

Some helpful hints on completing the questionnaire

Please read the following statements and then click the box that most closely reflects the way you feel about the statement.

Please read the questions very carefully, it is important not to inadvertently give the opposite answer to the one you intend.

If you have extra comments you would like to offer on any question feel free to put them in the text box provided below

Section 1

This Section covers the experience of those actually providing NHS dentistry under the 2006 contract and who have experience of working under the previous system

If you work under the 2006 NHS contract but have never worked under the old system, please omit Section 1 and go direct to Section 2

Section 3

If you practice entirely outside the NHS GDS please omit Sections 1 and 2 and go straight to Section 3.

If you fill in more than one section your response will be regarded as spoilt

SECTION 1

For GDPs working under the 2006 NHS contract and who also worked under the previous system

Comments:

2) The introduction of UDAs to measure activity has had a damaging influence on diagnosis and treatment planning for patients

4) Under the 2006 contract I do the same amount of complex conservation treatment as I did before

Please Select Yes, I do just as much No, I do a lot more No, I do a bit more Not applicable, I have a child only contract No, I do a bit less No, I do a lot less

5) Please click whichever of the following statements is closest to your opinion

Under the 2006 contract I find it much easier to provide the appropriate care to a patient than under previous contractual arrangements.

Under this contract I feel less open to financial risks than previously

7) Please select one of the following statements you most closely agree with. Your answer should best describe your personal approach to treatment planning rather than your treatment of individual patients

Under the 2006 contract, I now understand the principle of staging treatment for new patients. I treat teeth that are causing pain but I only deal with further decayed teeth when the patient’s oral hygiene is good enough

Under the 2006 contract, I treat teeth that are causing pain and remove gross caries only from further decayed teeth, but only go on to deal with the remaining caries when the patient’s oral hygiene is good enough

Under the 2006 contract, I treat teeth that are causing pain and remove all caries from further decayed teeth, but go on to provide permanent and complex restorations only when the patient’s oral hygiene is good enough

Under the 2006 contract, I treat teeth that are causing pain and provide a greater proportion of Glass Ionomer cement repairs

8) Please tick whichever of the following statements is closest to your opinion

Since the 2006 contract patients feel the same about NHS care arrangements as previously

Since the 2006 contract patients are much less happy with NHS care arrangements than previously

Section 2

For GDPs who work under the 2006 NHS contract but who never worked under the previous system

Section 3

For non GDS contract holders/performers only

10) When I see a new patient these days, the level of untreated disease I find is greater than it used to be prior to April 2006

11) On average the length of time since the new patients have been treated previously is reported to be –

12) If a change in NHS regulations led to a new system including elements of capitation (for regular patients), fee per item (for patients with high needs and those who require advanced conservation) and occasional treatment (for those patients who desire only irregular treatment) I would consider increasing my NHS commitment for specific patient groups.

Comments and alternative ideas. Would anything persuade you to return to the NHS?

SECTION 4 - GENERAL COMMENTS

13) Feel free to make any additional comments you would like, especially your views on the future shape and direction of travel of NHS dentistry.