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I am interested to know if my performer levy to the local dental committee (LDC) is compulsory, or not? When I became an NHS associate in 2008, I was led to believe that the levy was a statutory requirement. However, it seems that I should have ‘opted in’, meaning that I may not be obliged to pay the levy. If this is the case, why, after numerous emails, am I unable to stop the levy?
The LDC Official's Guide implies that the levy is not a statutory requirement for me, an associate, and it is only compulsory for providers.1 This letter discusses first, what the statutory levy is used for; secondly, my personal problems and concerns and finally, a different use for the associate levy.
The statutory levy pays for the local dental committee in supporting local practitioners, mainly providers, in NHS commissioning and governance. It seems that the levy is a statutory requirement for providers, but the LDC Official's Guide suggests that some GDS contracts may allow the providers to reclaim some of the costs of their own LDC provider levy by using their associates' levies payments.1
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