Plea over cross-border treatment service

A Northern Ireland Office minister was today urged to help speed up a decision on whether a cross-border dental and facial treatment service will be given the go-ahead in the North.

Plea over cross-border treatment service

A Northern Ireland Office minister was today urged to help speed up a decision on whether a cross-border dental and facial treatment service will be given the go-ahead in the North.

Sinn Féin health spokesman John O’Dowd called on NIO minister Angela Smith to intervene as a proposal from the North Western Health Board in the Republic for a joint oral surgery and maxillofacial service with the Western Health and Social Services Board and Altnagelvin Hospital Trust in Derry awaited a response.

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