Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 June 2012
156 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health the number of primary health care centres which currently host dentists or associated dental services; his plans to include dentist facilities in future primary health care facilities; if he has a strategy for the provision of dental services in primary health care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/12]
View answerHSE Dental Services are provided at a Primary Care Network level, not at a Primary Care Team level. The current policy is to provide at least one public dental service in each Primary Care Network. A re-organisation of the Dental Service is underway. The reorganisation will involve the restructuring of service areas in the near future. This will support a unified approach with fewer service areas and maximization of resources within each area.
