❓ Question on Notice regarding wait times, funding, costs, worker's compensation claims, and key performance indicators for Community Dental Health Services in regional Western Australia.
AnsweredQoN 2869Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I
refer to Community Dental Health Services operating in regional Western Australia, and I ask: (a) please
identify the relevant wait time for access to each dental service by service
type; (b) please
identify the funding allocated to each dental service in the following
financial years: (i) 2016-17; (ii) 2017-18; (iii) 2018-19; and (iv) 2019-20; (c) please
identify the average cost of service by service type; (d) what
explanation can be given for ‘Nursing Services/Dental Care Assistants’
representing 34 percent of all workers compensation claims, according to the WACHS
2018-19 annual report; and (e) what
explanation can be given for there being no key performance indicator for
community dental health service?
refer to Community Dental Health Services operating in regional Western Australia, and I ask: (a) please
identify the relevant wait time for access to each dental service by service
type; (b) please
identify the funding allocated to each dental service in the following
financial years: (i) 2016-17; (ii) 2017-18; (iii) 2018-19; and (iv) 2019-20; (c) please
identify the average cost of service by service type; (d) what
explanation can be given for ‘Nursing Services/Dental Care Assistants’
representing 34 percent of all workers compensation claims, according to the WACHS
2018-19 annual report; and (e) what
explanation can be given for there being no key performance indicator for
community dental health service?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 May 2020
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) As of 31 March 2020:
Adult Dental Service (General Waitlist): 9 months
Adult Dental Service (Recall Waitlist): 18.6 months
School Dental Service (Initial Waitlist):1.3 months
School Dental Service (Recall Waitlist): 15.7 months
(b)
(i) Adult Dental Service: $46 million
School Dental Service: $44.2 million
(ii) Adult Dental Service: $45.9 million
School Dental Service: $45 million
(iii) Adult Dental Service: $45.2 million
School Dental Service: $45.2 million
(iv) Adult Dental Service: $45.6 million
School Dental Service: $45.6 million
(c) Adult Dental Service: $280 per visit
School Dental Service: $193 per visit
(d) The workers’ compensation claims, according to the WACHS 2018-19 Annual Report have been provided in accordance with the report template. For WACHS reporting purposes the employee category ‘Nursing Services / Dental Care Assistants’ refers to the occupational group ‘Nursing’.
(e) WACHS does not report specifically on community dental health services as North Metropolitan Health Services (NMHS) has carriage of these services in WA. NMHS annual reporting includes a number of Key Performance Indicators reporting against community dental health.
(a) As of 31 March 2020:
Adult Dental Service (General Waitlist): 9 months
Adult Dental Service (Recall Waitlist): 18.6 months
School Dental Service (Initial Waitlist):1.3 months
School Dental Service (Recall Waitlist): 15.7 months
(b)
(i) Adult Dental Service: $46 million
School Dental Service: $44.2 million
(ii) Adult Dental Service: $45.9 million
School Dental Service: $45 million
(iii) Adult Dental Service: $45.2 million
School Dental Service: $45.2 million
(iv) Adult Dental Service: $45.6 million
School Dental Service: $45.6 million
(c) Adult Dental Service: $280 per visit
School Dental Service: $193 per visit
(d) The workers’ compensation claims, according to the WACHS 2018-19 Annual Report have been provided in accordance with the report template. For WACHS reporting purposes the employee category ‘Nursing Services / Dental Care Assistants’ refers to the occupational group ‘Nursing’.
(e) WACHS does not report specifically on community dental health services as North Metropolitan Health Services (NMHS) has carriage of these services in WA. NMHS annual reporting includes a number of Key Performance Indicators reporting against community dental health.
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