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Doctors, healthcare workers to be punished for anti-vax COVID claims


Doctors, nurses and pharmacists who spread COVID anti-vaccination claims will face harsh penalties, including being stripped of their ability to practise, by the medical watchdog. The national medical boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) released a joint directive warning healthcare practitioners that they risk regulatory action if they spout false or deceptive misinformation to patients or on social media that could undermine the national vaccination program as the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout begins.



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Parents warned about 'inappropriate' dental procedures at Sydney childcare centres


Disturbing allegations have emerged about a mobile dental service used to treat children as young as three in childcare centres and schools across Sydney... The sole aim of SDS was to generate increased billing to the CDBS scheme. It was not possible for parents to provide financial consent to such levels of over-servicing.


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Western Australia’s largest health insurer HBF has opened its first HBF Dental centre.


HBF Dental Joondalup is the first of 15 HBF Dental centres planned to open across metropolitan and regional WA in the coming years. The next HBF Dental centre located within Morley Galleria Shopping Centre is expected to open in April... HBF Dental was established in partnership between HBF and experienced dental provider Pacific Smiles Group.


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Simple treatments reduce tooth decay in remote Indigenous children


A trial of a children’s dental health program in a remote Queensland Indigenous community showed the value of simple health interventions in promoting overall health in Indigenous communities, researchers said. Dental health is a serious problem for some Indigenous communities, with Indigenous children in rural Australia recording up to three times the rate of tooth decay compared with other Australian children.


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The Australian Dental Council signs MoU with the UAE's Commission for Academic Accreditation


On 23 February 2021 the Australian Dental Council (ADC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), the National Accreditation Agency affiliated with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education.


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