Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:13 pm on 13 March 2019.
Yes. The British Dental Association are key stakeholders. I meet them during each year. They have access to meet the chief dental officer and her officers within her department. And you're right that the UDA, along with the contract, is an essential part of reform. Where we're actually seeing practices undertake the contract reform opportunities—it's changing the way they deliver their work, and that in itself is making Wales a more attractive place for dentists to work, but also the skill mix of people, so the numbers of dentists, assistants and others who will work within each of those practices. So, that is absolutely part of delivering better care, a better place for people to work, and, actually, better value for the public money we invest in the system.