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Pressure on new Assembly to deliver
27th Feb 2007
Northern Ireland's oral health record is the worst in the UK
The BDA is calling on those elected to the new Northern Ireland Assembly on 7 March to seize the unique opportunity they have to address the poor state of the nation's teeth. Northern Ireland currently suffers worse oral health than the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. The new BDA Northern Ireland 2007 manifesto for dentistry stresses the possibility for fundamental change presented by the 2006 Primary Care Dental Care Strategy and calls upon the new Northern Ireland Assembly to ensure that any new arrangements improve access for patients, allow high street dentists more time to focus on preventative care and provide additional funding for dentistry. Launching the manifesto, BDA Director for Northern Ireland Claudette Christie said: ‘The new Assembly will have a unique opportunity to tackle Northern Ireland's woeful dental health. ‘They must work with dentists to provide more time for practitioners to concentrate on preventative care, address the historic underfunding for high street dentistry and ensure that all patients have access to an NHS dentist.’
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