Concern for CDDS patients - ADA

The Federal President of the Australian Dental Association Inc., Dr Shane Fryer, has raised concerns that many patients currently accepted into the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme will be unable to complete their course of treatment by the closure date of 30 November. ADA believes that at the present time too much attention has been given to achieving budgetary savings rather than focusing on maintaining Government funded dental care before the planned implementation of the new program. Meanwhile State Health Minister Mr David Davis has raised concerns about the  new dental program. He says that the end of the CDDS and the Teen Dental Plan will result in the loss of $230 million of dental care for Victorians over the next two years.  Mr Davis also questioned the cut-off date of 1 December for the CDDS, saying it was “an impossible time-line for many needy Victorians”.