AQW 12471/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 23/05/2024
Answered On Date: 07/06/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to provide a list of all dental surgeries; and (ii) to detail which of these dental surgeries no longer accept NHS patients.

Answer:

The HSCNI Service Finder currently lists 378 dental practices in Northern Ireland. The Service Finder can be accessed at: https://online.hscni.net/hsc-service-finder/

The number of dental practices listed in the HSCNI Service Finder does not include a small cohort of practices which have no Health Service commitment whatsoever.

Unfortunately, the Department of Health is unable to hold and maintain a list of dental practices which are no longer accepting new Health Service patients.