A Senate Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia has been underway for the last year and their final report is now out.
It is titled A system in decay: a review into dental services in Australia.
VOHA provided a submission to this, and was invited to appear at one of their hearings.
You can read the committee’s two-page Infographic summary which not surprisingly gives a damning analysis of the current access to and affordability of oral health services. Basically the committee recognises the significant problems in the whole system, and recommends gradually moving towards a universal scheme.
The Government has three months to respond.
You can download the whole report at: Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia A system in decay: a review into dental services in Australia
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