Latest News• Add My News • Search Old News Gippsland › Latest news › Gippsland Portal Local NewsGipplanders Feel The Bite As Dental Waiting Lists RiseGippslanders are waiting over five years to see a dentist, new figures reveal. Dental care waiting list figures posted on Department of Human Services website also show that some Gippslanders are waiting more than four years to get dentures. Overall Gippsland is one of the worst places in The figures show how many months people are waiting for dental care:
*Denture care is the waiting list for false teeth and prosthetics. ¡ÞGeneral Care is the waiting list to see a dentist ¨C including fillings Labor admits it is failing to meet its targets in dentistry. Budget papers show that Labor has missed its targets for 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 and is expected to miss its targets for 2003/2004.
*times are set in months. The Bracks Government doesn¡¯t want Victorians to know how badly it is failing in dentistry. Why else would it remove old figures from the website which would tell us where waiting lists are increasing? It is unacceptable and cruel that vulnerable Gippslanders in pain should wait over five years to see a dentist. It is time the Bracks Government fixed the mess that is
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