Dentists win High Court action over medical card changes

Two dentists have secured High Court injunctions preventing the HSE from implementing changes to the scheme which allows medical card holders avail of dental treatments free of charge pending a full determination of the dispute.

Dentists Martin Reid and James Turner claim that proposed changes to the Dental Treatment Service Scheme (DTSS) outlined in a circular issued last April, will radically confines the services they can offer to medical card holders to emergency services and one oral examination in a 12-month period.