NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations
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The NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations are UK statutory rules that set out when and how patients must pay or are exempt from charges for National Health Service dental treatment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations canonical | 2 |
| NHS dental charges | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6723079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations Context triple: [NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate, legalBasis, NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations]
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A.
NHS Dental Exemption Certificates
NHS Dental Exemption Certificates are official documents that confirm a patient’s eligibility for free NHS dental treatment in the United Kingdom.
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B.
NHS Act 2006
The NHS Act 2006 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the legal framework, duties, and powers underpinning the operation and governance of the National Health Service in England.
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C.
National Health Service Act 1977
The National Health Service Act 1977 is a key piece of UK legislation that consolidated and updated the legal framework governing the operation and organization of the National Health Service in England and Wales.
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D.
National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997
The National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 is UK legislation that reformed and modernised the delivery and organisation of primary care services within the National Health Service.
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E.
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973
The National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 was UK legislation that fundamentally restructured the National Health Service in England and Wales, introducing new administrative bodies and altering how health services were managed and delivered.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations Target entity description: The NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations are UK statutory rules that set out when and how patients must pay or are exempt from charges for National Health Service dental treatment.
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A.
NHS Dental Exemption Certificates
NHS Dental Exemption Certificates are official documents that confirm a patient’s eligibility for free NHS dental treatment in the United Kingdom.
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B.
NHS Act 2006
The NHS Act 2006 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the legal framework, duties, and powers underpinning the operation and governance of the National Health Service in England.
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C.
National Health Service Act 1977
The National Health Service Act 1977 is a key piece of UK legislation that consolidated and updated the legal framework governing the operation and organization of the National Health Service in England and Wales.
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D.
National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997
The National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 is UK legislation that reformed and modernised the delivery and organisation of primary care services within the National Health Service.
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E.
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973
The National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 was UK legislation that fundamentally restructured the National Health Service in England and Wales, introducing new administrative bodies and altering how health services were managed and delivered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Kingdom statutory instrument
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subordinate legislation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
NHS dental contractors providing general dental services
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NHS dental patients ⓘ National Health Service dental treatment ⓘ |
| authority | Secretary of State responsible for health in the UK or relevant nation ⓘ |
| basedOn | primary NHS legislation enabling dental charges ⓘ |
| concerns |
patient contributions to the cost of NHS dental care
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patient financial liability for NHS dental care ⓘ public funding and cost-sharing for dental care ⓘ |
| defines |
NHS dental charge bands or courses of treatment
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NHS dental treatment that is free of charge ⓘ categories of NHS dental treatment for charging purposes ⓘ circumstances in which no charge is payable ⓘ persons exempt from NHS dental charges ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
NHS England
ⓘ
NHS dental contractors ⓘ
linked to:
National Health Service (NHS) contractors
relevant NHS bodies in Wales ⓘ |
| governs |
eligibility for free NHS dental treatment
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maximum amounts that may be charged for specified dental treatments ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | NHS dental patient charges ⓘ |
| legalForm | regulations made by the Secretary of State for Health or equivalent authority ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
NHS Low Income Scheme
ⓘ
linked to:
NHS Help with Health Costs schemes
NHS dental contracts and terms of service ⓘ |
| objective | to set out a clear framework for NHS dental charging and exemptions ⓘ |
| partOf | NHS charging framework ⓘ |
| providesFor |
appeals or reviews in relation to dental charges
ⓘ
remission of charges under low income schemes ⓘ |
| regulates |
exemptions from NHS dental charges
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how NHS dental charges are calculated ⓘ refunds of NHS dental charges ⓘ remission of NHS dental charges ⓘ when NHS dental charges are payable ⓘ |
| relatedTo | NHS (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations ⓘ |
| requires |
NHS dentists to levy statutory patient charges where applicable
ⓘ
display of information about NHS dental charges to patients ⓘ |
| scope |
community dental services where charges are applicable
ⓘ
primary care NHS dental services ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
health law
ⓘ
social security and exemptions policy ⓘ |
| subjectTo | periodic amendment by further statutory instruments ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw | healthcare charging regulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations Description of subject: The NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations are UK statutory rules that set out when and how patients must pay or are exempt from charges for National Health Service dental treatment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificates
linked to: NHS (Dental Charges) Regulations