Access to Primary Care

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:43 pm on 1 December 2021.

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Photo of Jane Dodds Jane Dodds Liberal Democrat 2:43, 1 December 2021

Good afternoon, Minister. I'm appreciative of all of the work that you've done; you have an incredibly busy job. But I just want to talk about teeth and dentists, specifically the teeth of people in mid and west Wales, and specifically the teeth of the people in the town of Llandrindod Wells. As you know, I've written to you on a number of occasions, but there are massive concerns around the lack of dentists, both across the region, and specifically, in Llandrindod Wells, which has been the case for a number of years, pre COVID. We know that there are significant challenges in COVID with treating people in dentists, but there is a massive difference here. If you go to a private dentist, you can be seen almost straight away. If you go to an NHS dentist, you can't. And that doesn't matter if we're in COVID times or not.

So, I just really want to ask you specifically: could you tell us what your plans are for dentists, both in mid and west Wales, and in Llandrindod Wells, and across the whole of Wales as well? Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr iawn.