Dental Schedule to go on-line

The last issue of the Dental Schedule will be printed on December 1. It will be replaced next year by a new on-line monthly publishing system.

The Department of Health and Ageing says the change results from a review of the Dental Schedule and the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits. The Department adds that a survey of dentists found that they had little reliance on the printed version of the Schedule and generally use PBS information contained in dental prescribing software.

ADAVB Members can find out about the development of the monthly electronic listing and other changes to the PBS listing process by subscribing to the Department's e-mail update service - select the 'Subscribe to E-mail Updates' line on www.health.gov.au/Pharmbiz

For dentists who require a searchable and printable version of the dental listings in the Schedule, a copy is available at http://www.health.gov.au/pbs