Friday, February 09, 2007

Health Ministers call for national dental scheme

Health Ministers from all States and Territories are meeting today to develop a united approach to issues such as fairer hospital funding and public dental services.

In her role as host of this summit, Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has issued a media release which reveals that "a key priority area is the need for a national dental scheme". (A link will be provided when it becomes available).

She also notes that "Each year 200,000 more people would get dental care if the Federal Government resumed their funding levels from ten years ago".