Medium self-sufficiency showing the impact of reducing net international – migration and international students graduating from Australian dental programmes. Productivity – showing the impact of a five per cent productivity gain over the projection period. showing the impact of a reduction in demand for the oral Low demand – health services. showing the impact of an increase in demand for oral health High demand – services. Undersupply showing the impact on the workforce planning projections of a – commencing workforce supply gap, that is, workforce demand exceeds workforce supply. Oversupply showing the impact on the workforce planning projections of a – commencing workforce supply excess, that is, workforce supply exceeds workforce demand. Graduate reduction showing the impact of a reduction in the number of – graduates (both domestic and international) from Australian dental programmes. Details of how the scenarios were constructed are provided in Appendix E. What workforces are included in AFHW Oral Health? – As noted earlier, Australia’s oral health workforce is comprised of a broad mix of care providers and support workers delivering services to consumers. For the workforce planning projections, only those occupations which form the registered oral health workforce dentists, oral health therapists, dental hygienists, dental – therapists, and dental prosthetists have been included. – Workforce planning projections were not able to be conducted for the unregistered component of the oral health workforce (dental assistants and dental technicians) due to data limitations there is no systematic collection of workforce data able to – be used to establish workforce supply. A description of the number and characteristics of the unregistered oral health workforce is provided in AFHW – Oral Health Detailed. – In this publication, workforce planning projections are presented for the total registered oral health workforce, that is, the combined total of dentists, oral health therapists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and dental prosthetists. More detailed projections for dentists (including dental specialists), oral health practitioners (comprised of oral health therapists, dental hygienists and dental therapists) and dental prosthetists are presented in AFHW Oral Health Detailed. – –
Medium self-sufficiency – showing the impact of reducing net international migration and international students graduating from Australian dental programmes. Productivity – showing the impact of a five per cent productivity gain over the projection period. Low demand – showing the impact of a reduction in demand for the oral health services. High demand – showing the impact of an increase in demand for oral health services. Undersupply – showing the impact on the workforce planning projections of a commencing workforce supply gap, that is, workforce demand exceeds workforce supply. Oversupply – showing the impact on the workforce planning projections of a commencing workforce supply excess, that is, workforce supply exceeds workforce demand. Graduate reduction – showing the impact of a reduction in the number of graduates (both domestic and international) from Australian dental programmes. Details of how the scenarios were constructed are provided in Appendix E. What workforces are included in AFHW – Oral Health? As noted earlier, Australia’s oral health workforce is comprised of a broad mix of care providers and support workers delivering services to consumers. For the workforce planning projections, only those occupations which form the registered oral health workforce – dentists, oral health therapists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and dental prosthetists – have been included. Workforce planning projections were not able to be conducted for the unregistered component of the oral health workforce (dental assistants and dental technicians) due to data limitations – there is no systematic collection of workforce data able to be used to establish workforce supply. A description of the number and characteristics of the unregistered oral health workforce is provided in AFHW – Oral Health – Detailed. In this publication, workforce planning projections are presented for the total registered oral health workforce, that is, the combined total of dentists, oral health therapists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and dental prosthetists. More detailed projections for dentists (including dental specialists), oral health practitioners (comprised of oral health therapists, dental hygienists and dental therapists) and dental prosthetists are presented in AFHW – Oral Health – Detailed.