Dentist juniors to join 72-hour walkout

  Posted by: Dental Design      24th February 2023

The British Dental Association has announced that dentists working in hospitals employed under the junior contract will join their medical colleagues in a 72-hour walkout from 13 March.

These dentists will be withdrawing their labour in 19 employing trusts. 100% of voters backed industrial action in 18 of the 19 trusts.

British Dental Association Chair Eddie Crouch said: “This small but important group of dentists are working to the same contracts as their medical colleagues, and like them are not worth a penny less than they were 15 years ago. Our members will down drills until the government comes back to the table with a serious offer.”

Hospital dentists based in the following trusts are set for action:

1. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2. Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
3. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
4. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
5. George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
6. Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
7. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
8. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
9. Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
10. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
11. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
12. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
13. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
14. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
15. South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
16. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
17. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
18. St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
19. Barts Health NHS Trust