{"id":30715,"date":"2023-02-27T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/?p=30715"},"modified":"2023-02-27T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:28:13","slug":"drop-in-waiting-times-for-public-dental-care-in-victoria-but-concerns-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/drop-in-waiting-times-for-public-dental-care-in-victoria-but-concerns-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop in waiting times for public dental care in Victoria but concerns remain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist.jpg\" alt=\"waiting times for public dental care in Victoria\" class=\"wp-image-30716 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist.jpg\" alt=\"waiting times for public dental care in Victoria\" class=\"wp-image-30716 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/woman-at-dentist-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: dragoscondrea 123rf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Waiting times for public dental treatment dropped to an average 16.5 months in December 2022 as a result of a one-off injection of funds, however concerns remain about ongoing access to dental care for more than 1.5 million eligible Victorians.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are the lowest waiting times to access public dental care in Victoria since 2016\/17, which comes off the back of ongoing advocacy from the ADAVB to increase funding,\u201d ADAVB president A\/Prof Warren Shnider said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, waiting more than 12 months is still unacceptable for patients with significant treatment needs.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"bitem-article-desktop-720x300-in-text\" id=\"bitem-2619851411\"><!-- Bite 720x300 [async] -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); 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However, this is still only a small fraction of the 1.5 million adults who are eligible to access dental care. While people wait for dental care, their existing problems worsen and often lead to the need for emergency treatment. Over the past six months, around one third of all courses of care in the public system were for emergencies rather than routine and preventive treatment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The data also highlights significant issues with the public dental workforce, with the number of clinicians declining by 21.6 FTE staff over the past six months, representing six per cent of the workforce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have raised concerns during stalled enterprise bargaining negotiations last year about issues relating to recruitment and retention of dentists,\u201d A\/Prof Shnider said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that the Victorian Government addresses these workforce issues as a matter of urgency to ensure that we have a strong public dental sector so that vulnerable Victorians can access necessary care.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting times for public dental treatment dropped to an average 16.5 months in December 2022 as a result of a one-off injection of funds, however concerns remain about ongoing access to dental care for more than 1.5 million eligible Victorians.&nbsp; \u201cThese are the lowest waiting times to access public dental care in Victoria since 2016\/17, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[432,675,718,2149],"class_list":{"0":"post-30715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dental_news","8":"tag-adavb","9":"tag-public-dental-care","10":"tag-public-dental-funding","11":"tag-waiting-times"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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