There are currently five Dentists and twelve Nurses serving in the Defence Forces Medical Corps. The tables show the locations where these Dentists and Nurses are currently posted.
Dentists
Location
|
Number
|
St Bricin’s Hospital
|
2
|
1 Southern Brigade
|
1
|
4 Western Brigade
|
1
|
Defence Forces Training Centre
|
1
|
Total
|
5
|
Nurses
Location
|
Number
|
St Bricin’s Hospital
|
4
|
1 Southern Brigade
|
3
|
Defence Forces Training Centre
|
5
|
Total
|
12
|
The recently completed Medical Services Review recommended a programme of major change in the structure of the Defence Forces Medical Corps. In the new structure, medical personnel within the Defence Forces will come under one central command, the Central Medical Unit, which will have responsibility for the management and delivery of medical services, including the allocation of doctors across the system on the basis of demand and operational requirements. This Central Medical Unit will mandate change across the service and deploy resources centrally, locally and overseas as required. This approach will better support delivery of all care requirements, as both demand and capacity can be pooled and managed centrally and be deployed and redeployed more flexibly across the system.