MEDIA RELEASE An alliance of dental health professionals, providers and consumers has welcomed the Grattan Institute report ‘Filling the dental gap: A universal dental scheme for Australia’ as a significant contribution to addressing one of the most inequitable and under-funded areas of healthcare in the country. ‘Every federal and state-based politician needs to read this […]
Community, welfare and health groups have banded together to urge the Victorian Government to act on the parlous state of public dental funding, in light of new data showing a dramatic increase in public dental waiting lists to 19.5 months, up 4.5 months in the last year. The Victorian Oral Health Alliance (VOHA) is concerned
As an advocacy organisation COTA Victoria welcomes the opportunity to comment on Victoria’s Draft 30 Year Infrastructure Strategy. Preparation for population change needs more emphasis on the ageing of the population and the changes required across all areas of infrastructure, transport and housing to meet the World Health Organisations’ benchmarks for healthy ageing. We recommend
