Thank you, Madam Speaker. Currently we’re having difficulties filling dental therapist positions right across the territory where they’re needed. In the Sahtu there are two dental therapist positions, both of which are vacant. It’s causing some problems, and also the fact that dental services are a federal responsibility for First Nations people. So, again, we recognize the issues, and what I’ve asked the department to do now is to work with the federal government to develop an oral health strategy, and we’re going to look at that to see if there are areas that we can work together with the government and with the regional health authorities to develop something that will work. It’s a very difficult area. Thank you.
Tom Beaulieu on Question 78-17(3): Dental Services In The Sahtu
In the Legislative Assembly on June 4th, 2012. See this statement in context.
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