1. Please confirm the Heads of Departments for each of the following categories?
2. Please confirm if the same person you have identified above is also responsible for the procurement of goods and services in each of the following categories?
3. Please indicate how decisions are made to procure goods and services in the following categories? Are they evaluated prior to being accepted? Would this be part of a clinical evaluation or clinical trial? Please provide the detail?
4. Please could you advise who is responsible for the cost of your Dental Practices/Dental Care Services Provider(s) in your setting? Is it the CCG or is it the NHS Acute Trust/NHS Foundation Trust/NHS Health and Care Service?
5. Please identify who the main decision maker/influencer is, in either of the settings stated above, for each of the following categories?
6. Please provide any reports you hold which include or illustrate your patient demographic and the most common treatments provided by your Dental Practices/Dental Care Services Provider(s), for your patient demographic?
7. Please list and confirm, as far as possible, what your average monthly usage is, for each product used, in each of the following categories?
8. Please confirm, what your total spend has been, during the last financial year (1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017), in each of the following categories?
9. Please provide a list of the suppliers that you currently purchase goods and services from in each of the following categories?
10. Are you intending to collaborate with another healthcare entity to procure your goods and services in the following categories for your Dental Practices/Dental Care Services Provider(s)?
11. Can you please provide information on your current supply route for the following categories (e.g. NHS Supply Chain also known as DHL, Direct from a Third-Party Distributor; or Direct from a Manufacturer)?
12. Do you currently have a contract in place for any of the following categories? If so when does each expire?
13. Can you provide information on how many delivery points you have for each of the following categories?
14. Can you provide information on how many locations you have that are holding stock in each of the following categories?
15. Can you provide information on what software platform you use for ordering goods and services in the following categories?
16. Please classify against the three bullet points below, which of those Dental Practices/Dental Care Service Provider(s), you are directly responsible for (within your setting/locality); what proportion provides:

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