Media reaction to ADA response to Senate Inquiry on dentistry implementation

Last Thursday the ADA released its reaction to the Government's response to last year's Senate Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia in which the Association said:

The nation's dentists have slated as a wasted opportunity the Government’s failure to properly consider funding dental services for Australia’s most vulnerable populations.

The Government today (July 18) released its response to the Inquiry into Senate Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia, held last year, which made 35 recommendations to the Government, including several from the Australian Dental Association (ADA).

Key to our recommendations was to implement a Seniors Dental Benefits Schedule along the lines of the existing scheme for children, which would include providing funded dental care for over 200,000 seniors in residential aged care.

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Here are the responses from a range of radio outlets that carried the story.

1. 3AW (which is the Nine radio/2GB group with heavy representation on the Aus east coast)

2. Perth 6PR

3. Smooth FM

4. 2CC Canberra

5. 4WK (Toowoomba Queensland)