Independent Unionist North Down MLA Alex Easton has made a strong appeal for NHS Dentists in his constituency.
Speaking today Alex Easton MLA said:
“There is a need for more NHS dentists in my North Down constituency. That’s the simple fact of the matter.
Constituents have been articulating their concerns to me sadly on a regular basis about this problem which must be made right.
We know from the British Dental Association that Northern Ireland has the worst oral health inequalities in the UK that’s a matter we must arrest and reverse.
I want to support dentists with cost-effective focused regulation – where their bureaucracy is efficiently streamlined to allow them to do what they do best namely improve the oral health of the population.
I will press the Minister on this matter specifically for an audit of what is required and for a strategy for achieving adequate numbers of NHS dentists.”
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