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| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1] Dental and oral health is used as broad term to encompass both the health of teeth and gums.

[2] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2012. Chronic conditions and oral health. Research report series no. 56. Cat. no. DEN 221. Canberra: AIHW, p. 1.

[3] AIHW, Australia’s Health 2012, p. 340.

[4] Harford JE, Ellershaw AC & Spencer AJ 2011. Trends in access to dental care among Australian adults 1994–2008. Dental statistics and research series no. 55. Cat. no. DEN 204. Canberra: AIHW, p. 44–55.

[5] Chrisopoulos S, Beckwith K & Harford JE 2011. Oral health and dental care in Australia: key facts and figures 2011. Cat. no. DEN 214. Canberra: AIHW, p. 38.

[6] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012. Health expenditure Australia 2010–11. Health and welfare expenditure series no. 47. Cat. no. HWE 56. Canberra: AIHW, p. 83.

[7] Concession card holders are holders of a Pensioner Concession Card or Australian Health Care Card. Eligibility for these cards is determined by Commonwealth Government.

[8] See for example: Dental Health Services Victoria website, <www.dhsv.org.au/patient-information/vouchers/> viewed 29 May 2013.

[9] Australian Dental Association (NSW Branch), Submission 40, p. 3. See also: Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 50.

[10] Harford JE, Ellershaw AC & Spencer AJ 2011. Trends in access to dental care among Australian adults 1994–2008. Dental statistics and research series no. 55. Cat. no. DEN 204. Canberra: AIHW, p. 47.

[11] Department of Health and Ageing website, ‘Dental Health: Dental Reform’, <www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/dentalreform> viewed 4 March 2013.

[12] Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations website, <www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/Default.aspx>, viewed 29 April 2013.

[13] Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations website, <www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/intergovernmental_agreements.aspx>, viewed 30 April 2013.

[14] Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations website, ‘National Partnerships’, <www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/default.aspx>, viewed 4 March 2013.

[15] Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations website: ‘Federal Finances Circular No 2011/04’, <www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/guidelines_for_new_nps.aspx>, viewed 30 April 2013.

[16] Parliament of Australia website, <www.aph.gov.au/dental>.

[17] Submissions were received from ACT Government; NSW Government and Tasmanian Government. A submission was also received from Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV), a state government funded provider and purchaser of public dental services in Victoria. Representatives from the Tasmanian Government attended the public hearing in Canberra on 22 April 2013. A representative of DHSV also attended the public hearing in Canberra on 22 April 2013.

Chapter 2 Dental Services in Australia

[1] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 9.

[2] Harford, JE, Ellershaw, AC and Spencer, AJ 2011. Trends in access to dental care among Australian Adults 1994-2008. Dental statistics and research series no. 55. Cat. no. DEN 204. Canberra: AIHW, p. 46.

[3] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 44.

[4] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 30–31.

[5] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 44.

[6] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 52.

[7] Groups more likely to experience poor dental and oral health include: Concession card holders (e.g. aged pensioners, disability pensioners etc); remote, rural and regional residents; Indigenous Australians; frail and elderly people; low income workers; homeless people.

[8] Section 51 xxiiiA of the Australian Constitution.

[9] Over five million adults are concession card holders in Australia

[10] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, pp. 21, 94–96.

[11] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, pp. 16, 21, 50.

[12] Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV), Submission 32, p. 6.

[13] National Oral Health Advisory Committee 2004, Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives: Australia's National Oral Health Plan 2004-2013, p. v.

[14] National Oral Health Advisory Committee 2004, Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives: Australia's National Oral Health Plan 2004-2013, p. 4.

[15] Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 34, p. 8.

[16] National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) 2009. A Healthier Future For All Australians – Final Report, Recommendations p. 26.

[17] NHHRC 2009. A Healthier Future For All Australians – Final Report, Recommendations p. 26.

[18] A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future – Delivering better health and better hospitals. Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Appendix C – Response to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Final Report, p. 152.

[19] Budget Paper No 2, 2011–12, p. 216.

[20] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 87.

[21] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, pp. 91–93.

[22] Biggs, A 2008, Overview of Commonwealth involvement in funding dental care. Parliamentary Library, no. 1, ISSN 1834-9854.

[23] D S Brennan, K D Carter, J F Stewart, A J Spencer, Commonwealth Dental Health Program Evaluation Report 1994–1996, AIHW, Dental Statistics and Research Unit, AIHW, Adelaide, 1997, p. 6.

[24] Biggs, A 2008, Overview of Commonwealth involvement in funding dental care. Parliamentary Library, no. 1, ISSN 1834-9854.

[25] The Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party Agreement, 1 September 2010.

[26] Budget Paper No 2, 2011–12, p. 216.

[27] The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Health, Media Hub, <www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr12-tp-tp074.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2012&mth=08> viewed 4 March 2013

[28] DoHA website, ‘Dental Health: Dental Reform’, <health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/dentalreform> viewed 4 March 2013; DoHA, Submission 34, p. 5.

Chapter 3 Priority areas for adult dental services

[1] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, pp. 43–45.

[2] Dr Kerrilee Punshon, Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 April 2013, p. 5.

[3] Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Submission 15, p. 7.

[4] Grampians Regional Oral Health Network, Submission 9, p. 1.

[5] Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), Submission 5, p. 2.

[6] Australia Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH), Submission 18, p. 5.

[7] Professor Frederick Clive Wright, Submission 28, p. 1.

[8] AHHA, Submission 5, p. 5.

[9] ARCPOH, Submission 18, p. 4.

[10] Dr Peter Foltyn, Submission 23, p. [2].

[11] See: Mr Clarrie Griffiths, Submission 13.

[12] The Dental Hygienists Association of Australia (DHAA), Submission 2, p. 8.

[13] Australian and New Zealand Academy of Special Needs Dentistry (ANZSND), Submission 21, p. 5.

[14] ANZSND, Submission 21, p. 6.

[15] National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), Submission 25, p. 7.

[16] NACCHO, Submission 25, pp. 8–10, 13.

[17] NACCHO, Submission 25, p. 14

[18] Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT), Submission 29, p. 2.

[19] NACCHO, Submission 25; AMSANT, Submission 29; ARCPOH, Submission 18; Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH), Submission 3; Bila Muuji Aboriginal Health Services Incorporated, Submission 44.

[20] Mr Jamie Newman, Orange Aboriginal Medical Service, Proof Transcript of Evidence, Dubbo, 17 May 2013, p. 24.

[21] Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service, Submission 46, p. 2–3.

[22] Ms Jennifer Floyd, Western NSW Local Health District, Proof Transcript of Evidence, Dubbo, 17 May 2013, p. 8.

[23] Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV), Submission 32, p. 13.

[24] DHSV, Submission 32, p. 15.

[25] NSW Ministry of Health, Submission 24, p. 5.

[26] Mr Peter Muller, Submission 10, p. [1].

[27] Loddon Mallee Regional Oral Health Network, Submission 20, p. 2.

[28] ANZSND, Submission 21, p. 5.

[29] SARRAH, Submission 3, p. 8; Royal Flying Doctor Service, Submission 11, p. 2.

[30] Chrisopoulos S, Beckwith K & Harford JE 2011. Oral health and dental care in Australia: key facts and figures 2011. Cat. no. DEN 214. Canberra: AIHW, p. 16.

[31] Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN), Submission 1, p. [2].

[32] ARHEN, Submission 1, p. [3].

[33] Charles Sturt University, Submission 45, p. 1.

[34] Charles Sturt University, Submission 45, p. 2–3.

[35] Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 34, p. 6.

[36] Anya, Submission 39, p. 1.

[37] Ms Lynne Forde, Submission 42, p. [1].

[38] Mr Peter Muller, Submission 10, p. [2].

[39] Ms Anya, Submission 39, p. [1]; National Seniors Australia, Submission 38, p. 1.

[40] Dental Hygienists Association of Australia (DHAA), Submission 2, p. 4.

[41] DHAA, Submission 2, p. 4; ANZSND, Submission 21, p. 4.

[42] Ms Carol Bennett, Consumer Health Forum of Australia, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 34; Australian Dental Association (ADA), Submission 37, p. 4.

[43] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 24.

[44] Ms Kerry Flanagan, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2013, p. 7.

[45] Chrisopoulos S, Beckwith K & Harford JE 2011. Oral health and dental care in Australia: key facts and figures 2011. Cat. no. DEN 214. Canberra: AIHW, p. 45

[46] Chrisopoulos S, Beckwith K & Harford JE 2011. Oral health and dental care in Australia: key facts and figures 2011. Cat. no. DEN 214. Canberra: AIHW, p. 22, 26, 31.

[47] Association for the Promotion of Oral Health (APOH), Submission 4, p. 10.

[48] Chrisopoulos S, Beckwith K & Harford JE 2011. Oral health and dental care in Australia: key facts and figures 2011. Cat. no. DEN 214. Canberra: AIHW, p. 45.

[49] APOH, Submission 4, p. 10.

[50] ANZSND, Submission 21, p. 5.

[51] ANZSND, Submission 21, pp. 1-2.

[52] DoHA, Submission 34, p. 5.

[53] Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists’ Association (ADOHTA), Submission 19, p. 3.

[54] ADOHTA, Submission 19, p. 3.

[55] ANZSND, Submission 21, p. 6.

[56] DHAA, Submission 2, p. 5.

[57] NSW Government, Submission 24, p. 7.

[58] DHSV, Submission 32, p. 20.

[59] AHHA, Submission 5, p. 7.

[60] Western Region Health Centre, Submission 14, p. 5.

[61] DHSV, Submission 32, p. 9.

[62] Western NSW Local Health District, Submission 33, p. 4.

[63] ADA (NSW Branch), Submission 40, pp. 8-9.

[64] Lake Cargelligo Multi-Purpose Health Services Advisory Committee, Submission 35.

[65] Australian Dental Prosthetists Association, Submission 27, p. 9.

[66] DoHA, Submission 34, pp. 4–5.

[67] Health Workforce Australia, <http://www.hwa.gov.au/work-programs/information-analysis-and-planning/health-workforce-planning/oral-health-workforce> viewed 31May 2013.

[68] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 61.

[69] Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012, p. 50.

[70] ADA (Qld), Submission 8, p. 1.

[71] APOH, Submission 4, p. 6.

[72] Charles Sturt University, Submission 45, p. 4.

[73] Dr Greg Rochford, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Proof Transcript of Evidence, Dubbo, 17 May 2013, p. 20.

[74] Lake Cargelligo Multi-Purpose Health Services Advisory Committee, Submission 35.

[75] See for example: SARRAH, Submission 3; University of Tasmania Department of Rural Health, Submission 7; DEXCL, Submission 16; Westfund Ltd, Submission 17; ADOHTA, Submission 19; NACCHO, Submission 25; Professor Fredrick Clive Wright, Submission 28;

[76] Andrew McAuliffe, AHHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 9.

[77] University of Tasmania Department of Rural Health, Submission 7, p. 4.

[78] SARRAH, Submission 3, p. 6.

[79] Deborah Cole, DHSV, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 44.

[80] Westfund Health Ltd, Submission 17, pp. 2–3.

Chapter 4 Adult Dental Services National Partnership Agreement framework - Maintenance of effort

[1] Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations, pp. 1–2.

[2] Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 34, p. 2. See also: Ms Flanagan, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2013, p. 10.

[3] National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), Submission 29, p. 2.

[4] National Oral Health Promotion Steering Group, Submission 22, p 2.

[5] Ms Prue Power, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), Canberra, 22 April 2013, Official Committee Hansard, p. 7.

[6] Ms Lisa Briggs, NACCHO, Canberra, 22 April 2013, Official Committee Hansard, p. 15.

[7] Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), Submission 12, p. 5.

[8] NSW Oral Health Alliance, Submission 36, p. 8. See also: Australian Dental Association (ADA) (NSW Branch), Submission 40, p. 9; Ms Julie Barker, Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists’ Association (ADOHTA), Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 April 2013, p. 10.

[9] Mr Charles Maskell-Knight, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2013, p. 6.

[10] Mr Charles Maskell-Knight, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2013, p. 3.

[11] Ms Kerry Flanagan, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 April 2013, p. 49.

[12] DoHA, Submission 34, p. 3.

[13] Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV), Submission 32, p. 17.

[14] ACT Health, Submission 30, p. 1.

[15] Ms Prue Power, AHHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 8.

[16] Ms Janet Anderson, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, 22 April 2013, Canberra, p. 49.

[17] ADA, Submission 37, p. 4. See also: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Special Needs Dentistry (ANZSND) and the Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry (ASSCD), Submission 21, p. 2; NSW Oral Health Alliance, Submission 36, p. 5.

[18] DHSV, Submission 32, p. 6.

[19] NSW Ministry of Health, Submission 24, p. 3.

[20] Loddon Mallee Region Oral Health Network, Submission 20, p. 1.

[21] Services for Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH), Submission 3; p. 4, ADA, Submission 37, p. 4.

[22] ADA, Submission 40, p. 4; Mr Andrew McAuliffe, AHHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 8.

[23] Ms Emma Bridge, Oral Health Services Tasmania, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 33; Ms Jennifer Floyd, Western NSW Local Health District, Proof Transcript of Evidence, Dubbo, 17 May, 2013, p. 10.

[24] DHSV, Submission 32, p. 6.

[25] Hon Lawrence Springborg MP, Submission 43, p. 2.

[26] Consumer Health Forum of Australia (CHF), Submission 15, p. 10.

[27] DoHA, Submission 34, p. 8.

[28] DoHA, Submission 34, p. 8.

[29] Ms Janet Anderson, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 50.

[30] Hon Lawrence Springborg MP, Submission 43, p. 2.

[31] SARRAH, Submission 3, p. 8. See also: Dental Hygienists Association of Australia (DHAA), Submission 2; Mr Thomas Higgins, Submission No 31.

[32] ADA, Submission 37, p. 5.

[33] Mr Charles Maskell-Knight, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2013, p. 10.

[34] ADOHTA, Submission 19, p. 3.

[35] Department of Health and Ageing website, ‘Dental Health: Dental Reform’, <www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/dentalreform> viewed 8 May 2013.

[36] ACT Health, Submission 30, p. 1.

[37] See for example: NSW Ministry of Health, Submission 24, p. 6; ACT Health, Submission 30, p. 2; DHSV, Submission 32, p. 16.

[38] NSW Ministry of Health, Submission 24, p. 6.

[39] Mr Paul Geeves, Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 34.

[40] ADA (NSW Branch), Submission 40, p. 9.

[41] Hon Lawrence Springborg MP, Submission 43, p. 2.

[42] Hon Lawrence Springborg MP, Submission 43, p. 2.

[43] See for example: DHAA, Submission 2; Association for the Promotion of Oral Health (APOH), Submission 4, pp.11–12.

[44] Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, Submission 26, p 3.

[45] NSW Oral Health Alliance, Submission 36, p. 8.

[46] APOH, Submission 4, p. 12; AHHA, Submission 5, p. 7; ADA (NSW Branch), Submission 40, p.11.

[47] AHHA, Submission 5, p. 7.

[48] AHHA, Submission 5, p. 7.

[49] Ms Kerry Flanagan, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 April 2013, p. 51.

[50] See for example: CHF, Submission 15, p. 5.

[51] DHSV, Submission 32, p. 16. See also: NSW Oral Health Alliance, Submission 36.

[52] Dr Kerrilee Punshon, ANZSND and ASSCD, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 April 2013, p. 20.

[53] Ms Sally Stamm, Submission 41, p. [1].

[54] CHF, Submission 15, p. 6.

[55] See for example: SARRAH, Submission 3, p. 5, APOH, Submission 4, p. 4, AHHA, Submission 5, p. 3, Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of New South Wales, Submission 6, p. 3, Public Health Association of Australian, Submission 12, p. 4, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Submission 18, p. 4, NSW Oral Health Alliance, Submission 36, p. 8.

[56] Mr Thomas Higgins, Submission 31, p. 9.

[57] APOH, Submission 4, p. 6. See also: SARRAH, Submission 3, p. 5.

[58] National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Final Report, June 2009, p. 26.

[59] A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future 2010, p. 152.

[60] See for example: AHHA, Submission 5, p. 2.