Providers can claim paternity leave payments if their performer meets the qualifying conditions.
Providers can claim for a period of 2 weeks, which must be full 7-day periods.
The periods can be taken consecutively or separately within 26 weeks of the birth or adoption.
Paternity leave payments are taxable and fully pensionable.
Read the full Statement of Financial Entitlement (SFE).
Who can apply
A provider can claim paternity leave payments for a performer it employs if the performer has:
- been named on an NHS dental performer list for 2 years, including one year of approved vocational training, with 26 weeks continuous employment before the date of birth or adoption
- a partner who's given birth or adopted and is the main carer of that child
- stopped performing dental services on the contract
- not registered as a Limited Company
If the SFE application relates to surrogacy, email our SFE team at sfe@nhsbsa.nhs.uk who'll assist further.
How to apply
You can apply for paternity leave payments by downloading and completing the application form.
The completed application must be emailed to nhsbsa.dentalservices@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.
Applications must be received:
- no earlier than one month before the payment start date
- no later than 3 months after the payment start date
You must check the figures are correct on Compass before the claim is submitted.
A recalculation will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
Sending evidence
The application must include written confirmation from the provider including:
- the performer is the partner of the child’s main carer and will share responsibility for the child’s upbringing
- the expected due date
- that to the best of their knowledge no claim for sickness leave payment has been made by the performer for the period the claim relates to
- a MATB1 if it's before the birth
- the birth certificate if it's after the birth
Payments
Providers are paid a weekly amount based on the performer’s Net Pensionable Earnings (NPE) or Net Pensionable Earnings Equivalent (NPEE) on Compass at the date the payment is due.
Weekly payments cannot exceed £1,660 for dental performer and £3,630 for orthodontic performers.
An orthodontic performer is a performer who earns 50% or more of their weekly NPE or NPEE from orthodontic services.
If the performer leaves the contract during the payment period, payments will stop.