Submissions

Draft Review by Peers in Professional and Administrative Processes - Submission by the Australian Dental Association Inc. .
The ADA Inc. is supportive of actions and processes that are being demonstrated to improve the safety and quality of dental care in Australia and as long as there is a positive cost-benefit.

Australian Dental Association Inc. Response to Dental Board of Australia's Consuntation Paper on Registration Standards and Related Matters .
This submission deals with each of the Mandatory registration standards as listed in chapter 2 of the Consultation paper.

Submission to the AQF Council on the Strengthening the AQF: An Architecture for Australia’s Qualifications .
The Australian Dental Association Inc responds to the Strengthening the AQF: An Architecture for Australia’s Qualifications.

Proposal for a National Dental Foundation Year Program .
The Australian Dental Association Inc. has advocated the introduction of a dental intern or residency year to the Commonwealth Government on a few occasions, and the Federal ADA President, Dr Neil Hewson, recently gave an undertaking to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Hon Nicola Roxon, to provide a submission.

Submission to the Australian Government on the National Compact Consultation Paper .
The ADA would like to make the following comments in relation to the National Compact Consultation Paper.

Submission to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - Discussion Paper on achieving the directions established in the proposed National Safety and Quality Framework .
The Australian Dental Association Inc (ADA) thanks the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) for the opportunity to comment on the proposed National Safety and Quality Framework.

Submission to the Dental Board of Queensland - Guidelines on the Practice of Dentistry by Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists – Nitrous Oxide .
The Australian Dental Association Inc (ADA) thanks the Dental Board of Queensland for the opportunity to provide comment on guidelines on the practice of dentistry by dental therapists and dental hygienists with regard to nitrous oxide.

Submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) - Report to the Australian Senate on Anti-Competitive and Other Practices by Health Funds and Providers in Relation to Private Health Insurance .
The Australian Dental Association Inc (ADA) thanks the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the opportunity to provide comment as it prepares to write its 11th report to the Senate on health insurance and related issues.

Additional Submission in Respect Transitional Provisions by the Australian Dental Association .
Award Modernisation Program - Health and Welfare Services - Stage 2 Further Submission in Respect Transitional Provisions and other Issues Relating to MA000027 – “Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010” By The Australian Dental Association

Submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority on the Children’s Television Standards Review .
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has a commitment to the delivery of oral health care for children. The focus of this submission will be on the impact to children of television advertising in so far as it will concern children’s dental health.

SUBMISSION TO THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS .
The Australian Dental Association Inc (ADA Inc) is pleased to respond to the Australian Association of National Advertisers’ review of its Code For Advertising To Children

2007-2008 Pre-Budget Submission .
The oral health of the Australian population is neither very good nor very bad. Many in the community enjoy good oral health, aided by timely access to high quality dental care. By contrast, others in the community suffer from poor oral health, spending excessive periods – sometimes years – waiting to receive basic dental care in our public system. For a country with the financial means such as Australia this situation reflects poorly on our health system.

The COAG Health Working Group .
The ADA is pleased to respond to COAG's request for information as to how COAG can implement the establishment of a single national registration and single national accreditation scheme in the health sectors.

Criteria for Specialist Registration .
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) response to the invitation to comment on the document “Criteria for Specialist Registration”.

Privacy Bill .
The Australian Dental Association's response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on the inclusion of health information in the Privacy Bill.