BDA Welcomes New Funding To Improve Dental Access Problems, UK

Main Category: Dentistry
Article Date: 21 Sep 2007 - 14:00 PDT

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The British Dental Association says the £4.4 million cash injection into health service dentistry announced by the Northern Ireland Assembly will boost the morale of dentists which is at an all time low. The Association also believes that it will go some way towards addressing the chronic access concerns raised by the BDA and patients alike.

This new funding follows strong political lobbying by the BDA which has long pointed out that dentists want to increase their services to health service patients but chronic under-investment meant that they were unable to meet the high costs involved.

Responding to today's announcement, BDA Northern Ireland's director Claudette Christie said: "In tackling Northern Ireland's chronic access concerns, we are very pleased that the health minister, Michael McGimpsey, has seriously engaged with the profession and is responding to our concerns.

"This is certainly a step in the right direction."

1. The British Dental Association (BDA) is the professional association for dentists in the UK' including Northern Ireland. It represents over 20,000 dentists working in general practice, in community and hospital settings, in academia and research, and in the armed forces.

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