The number of dentists employed by the HSE at the end of last year was just 249, illustrating the severe shortage of dental professionals available to provide care.
During lockdown, I was sure psychotherapy would take a hit. How could I possibly help clients through a screen? Selfishly, too, one of a therapist's gratifications is to (literally) sit with people. There was no way two-dimensional therapy could work as effectively as 3D, right? Wrong. And happily, very much wrong.