AQW 47892/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on any health service orthodontist provision that is available in North Down.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 4 June 2026
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 4 June 2026
- Answer due by
- 19 June 2026
- Answered
- 30 July 202656 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Currently there is 1 specialist orthodontic practice in the North Down constituency, with 3 dentists having an arrangement to provide health service dentistry. Details are provided in Table 1 below. Business Services Organisation (BSO) does not hold any information in relation to dental practices that are wholly private.
| Dental Practice | Practice Address | Dentist Name |
| NORTH DOWN DENTAL AND IMPLANT CLINIC | 2 BINGHAM LANE, BANGOR, BT20 5DR | J A FINLAY |
| MR CONOR ARMSTRONG | ||
| MR KARL GRIMES |
Table 1: HSC Dentists at specialist orthodontic practices in North Down Assembly Area
Information supplied by SPPG as at 5th June 2026.
Outside North Down there are an additional 24 specialist orthodontic practices in Northern Ireland. Patients can be referred by their general dental practitioner to any of these specialist practices.