An emergency dental service in Doncaster has been closed after a private company failed to take over the contracts. Meanwhile, over 20 staff from the former NHS dental surgery are still being paid.
The private corporate group Dental Partners won the NHS England service. Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, who previously had the contract, declined to re-tender due to financial reasons.
The decision to move the staff over was taken last year, but staff were only informed of the move at the end of January. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) process, more commonly known as TUPE, failed to materialise which means staff face now an uncertain future.
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Doncaster dental team put on full pay 'gardening leave' by NHS. BDJ Team 6, 8 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41407-019-0085-7
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