Commendation for dental service for the disadvantaged

ADAVB congratulates Bentleigh Bayside Community Health (BBCH), which has been highly commended for an innovative care model in the 2015 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.

The commendation was for ‘Matt’s place dental service’, where dental services were taken to a nearby church hall which provides services to disadvantaged, including meals and other services.

BBCH took a mobile dental cart to Cheltenham’s St Matthew’s Anglican Church to offer dental examinations and treatment.

Run in conjunction with Bayside Church, a non-denominational Pentecostal Church, the service also advised people going to ‘Matt’s place’ about BBCH’s dental programs. The program will continue next year.