Wangaratta clinic still seeking a dentist

According to a story in the Wangaratta Chronicle (19/10) Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) has not received any applications for the vacant dentist’s position at the Wangaratta Community Dental Clinic. The article quotes DHSV spokesperson Anne Stanford, who said:

"Wangaratta is one of the top priorities in the state ... but we are still searching and as far as I know we haven’t had any applications at this stage."

DHSV hopes to assign a travelling team comprising a dentist and a dental therapist to commence work in the area soon.

Ms Stanford also said that public patients with urgent treatment needs were being provided with vouchers to have their work undertaken by a private dentist and that some were reimbursed for travelling to a Melbourne clinic.