Dr. Hames asks about dental health visits to schools in Dawesville, Mandurah, and Murray electorates for 2005-2007, including which schools were visited, frequency, which weren't visited, and reasons why. The answer details which schools received services from fixed clinics and a mobile van, and explains service gaps due to treatment volume.

AnsweredQoN 2691Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 September 2007
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Health

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(a) which schools in the Dawesville, Mandurah and Murray State electorates have had dental visits for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to date;
(b) how many visits have each school had each year;
(c) which schools have not had dental health visits for the above years; and
(d) for those schools which have not had dental health visits, why not?

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Answered
17 October 2007
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
29 days
a)  1. Mandurah Primary
2. Dudley Park Primary
3. North Mandurah Primary
4. Mandurah Catholic College
5. Mandurah Baptist College
6. Assumption Catholic College
7. Frederick Irwin Anglican College
8. Riverside Primary
9. Greenfields Primary
10. Singleton Primary
11. Comet Bay Primary
12. Secret Harbour Primary
13. Port Kennedy Primary
14. St Bernadettes Primary
15. Rockingham Lakes Primary
16. Peel Language Development School
17. North Dandalup Primary
18. Carcoola Primary
19. St Josephs School
20. Dwellingup Primary
21. Endeavour Primary
22. Pinjarra Primary
23. Glencoe Primary
24. Living Waters Primary
25. Halls Head Primary
26. Dawesville Primary
27. Ocean Road Primary
28. Falcon Primary
b) For schools listed 1 - 25 above, a continuous dental service (from 2005 to date) is provided from fixed dental clinics located at the following schools:
- Mandurah Primary
- Greenfields Primary
- Secret Harbour Primary
- Endeavour Primary
- Pinjarra Primary
- Glencoe Primary
For schools 26 - 28 listed above, service is provided via a mobile van that stops at Ocean Road Primary and Falcon Primary.
Dawesville Primary and Ocean Road Primary were visited from February 2005 to October 2005 and November 2006 to date. Continuous service was provided during these times.
Falcon Primary was visited from October 2005 to October 2006 and continuous service provided during that time.
c) Falcon Primary - no visiting service from February 2005 to October 2005 and November 2006 to date. Emergencies are seen at Ocean Road Primary during these times. Preventive dental care is provided when the mobile dental van is on site at Falcon Primary.
Ocean Road Primary and Dawesville Primary - no visiting service from October 2005 to October 2006. Emergencies are seen at Falcon Primary. Preventive dental care is provided when the mobile dental van is on site at Ocean Road Primary.
d) The volume of treatment required has meant that instead of the mobile clinic spending six months at Falcon Primary and six months at Ocean Road Primary, they spend a year at each location. Enrolled school children are able to access preventive dental care when the van is located at their school and emergency dental care from the mobile dental van when it is located at either primary school.
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