Bupa Dental Care in St Pauls is set to close on June 30, it has been announced. The branch is one of 85 Bupa dental practices affected amid a national dentist shortage.
Bupa, which provides NHS and private dental care, said the 85 practices will be closed, sold or merged later this year, bringing the total number of practices in the UK down to 365. All the practices will remain open as usual in the meantime.
The move will affect 1,200 employed and self-employed staff, representing more than a tenth of its 9,000-strong workforce. Bupa said it would redeploy affected staff where possible to different areas of the business.
