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Still long dental waits for many Victorians

Updated Dental Waiting Times


Dental waiting times
at public dental clinics across Victoria as at June 2009 were published by the Department of Human Services on 30 November 2009.

 

The data published online by the Department is not provided in a user-friendly format, we have incorporated this data into this website so as to provide summary lists and graphic displays which more effectively communicate the overall waiting time position and trends over time.

Updated Dental Waiting Times


Dental waiting times
at public dental clinics across Victoria as at June 2009 were published by the Department of Human Services on 30 November 2009.

 

The data published online by the Department is not provided in a user-friendly format, we have incorporated this data into this website so as to provide summary lists and graphic displays which more effectively communicate the overall waiting time position and trends over time.


Rural Victoria's Unlucky 13
The 13 longest rural waiting times for general public dental health care as at June 2009

Clinic (months)GeneralDentures
Ballarat 52 up 01 21 up 06
Wangaratta 38 up 03 41 up 06
Daylesford 35 up 02 36 up 06
Corio 32 up 04 17 up 03
Hamilton 32 up 04 17 up 06
Sale 30 down 09 25 up 02
Dimboola 26 up 02 19 down 02
Horsham 26 up 02 19 down 02
Wonthaggi 26 up 05 24 up 06
Point Lonsdale 25 up 04 08 down 07
Maryborough 25 up 04 12 up 06
Creswick 23 up 05 40 up 06
Newcomb 23 down 03 16 up 06
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Budget does not change waiting time
The waiting times for public dental services remains at 23 months, according to the 2010-11 Victorian Budget papers. Likewise, the waiting time for dentures stays at 22 months.
The Budget has increased funding for dental services by $9.8 million to $164.3 million. A target of 331,000 people will be treated for the year.
The increase in the cost of dental supplies and equipment along with the State’s rapidly growing population has to be weighed against the Budget increase.
The papers also make mention of the State investing $39 million in a range of preventative health programs including $20 million over four years to improve access to public dental care.

Rural Victoria's Increasing Waiting Times
The 7 rural clinics where waiting times for general public dental health care increased during the 3 year period December 2005 to December 2008

Clinic (months)Dec2005Dec2008Change
Edenhope 02 15 +13
Point Lonsdale 09 21 +12
Ouyen 00 11 +11
Shepparton 13 18 +05
Dimboola 22 24 +02
Nhill 27 28 +01
Swan Hill 10 16 +01
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Melbourne's Dentures Unlucky 13
The 13 longest metropolitan waiting times for denture public dental health care as at June 2009

Clinic (months)GeneralDentures
St. Albans 23 41 up 06
Hoppers Crossing 23 36 up 04
Lilydale 22 up 01 34 up 02
Springvale 38 up 06 29 up 05
Cheltenham 38 up 06 29 up 05
Clayton 15 down 17 29 up 05
Cranbourne 38 up 06 29 up 06
Dandenong 38 up 06 29 up 06
Broadmeadows 35 up 02 29 down 02
Box Hill 21 down 03 26 up 03
Ferntree Gully 28 up 02 24 up 04
Rosebud 41 up 05 23 up 06
Northcote 07 up 01 23 up 05
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