Dental professionals have warned that cuts to vital financial support for Health Service (HS) practices undermines the survival of the service.
The Rebuilding Support Scheme, introduced in April 2022 applied a 25 per cent uplift on fees paid for health service treatments to help dental practices recover from the impact of covid.
Officials have now confirmed support will be cut back to 10 per cent from November 2022.
The cuts in support take place at a time of soaring expenses for high street practices and threaten the survival of the service. The growing disconnect between treatment fees and the actual cost to deliver Health Service dentistry in Northern Ireland has reached crisis point, leaving many dentists delivering certain treatments at a financial loss.
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