6. Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Dental Reform

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:07 pm on 14 March 2023.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 5:07, 14 March 2023

Thanks very much. Well, I’m on a mission with this, so I’m really keen to see this. This is something that I’ve very much tried to drive forward. What I’m keen to do is to make sure that we have at least a six-month roll-out of the programme and see how that goes, and then, obviously, we’ll have to look at the evaluation. But what was beneficial in Blaenau Ffestiniog is that, actually, we knew that Betsi had these mobile units that we could use, and also we’ve had to check that the school has access to the right power supplies and water supplies and all of those other things. So, there are some technical and practical things that we have to consider before we’re able to roll it out to every school in Wales. And obviously, there’ll be a price on this, but, actually, what, effectively, we will be doing is shifting resources into schools, rather than seeing people being seen in the community.