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The University Dental Hospital of Manchester is one of the major teaching hospitals in the UK, training postgraduate and undergraduate dental students, student dental nurses and hygienist therapists. It is also a key specialist dental hospital, looking after both adults and children.
Our History
The Dental Hospital was founded in 1883 to serve the dental side of the medical school by allowing staff and students to attend to patients unable to pay for private dental treatment. It was opened in Grosvenor Street, All Saints Manchester.
The hospital’s governing body decided to open the Hospital’s treatment rooms three evenings a week for the working poor who would lose wages by attending during the day. This scheme proved a success, and by 1887 the Hospital was treating more than 10,000 patients per year, the majority during the evenings.
Several large donations during the early 1900s enabled a new Victoria Dental Hospital to be constructed next to the Manchester Museum on Oxford Road. A dental degree was established in 1904.
Major donations to Manchester hospitals in the 1920s and 1930s from Rochdale businessman Sir Samuel Turner meant plans were made for a new dental hospital. It was to have been officially opened in June 1940, but the Second World War intervened, and the hospital was already at work from May.
Seven months later it was bombed during an air raid and passed much of the rest of the war without windows.
The University Dental Hospital of Manchester was redeveloped in 1972, with new facilities, a new curriculum and new visiting arrangements with city dental clinics. By the mid-1990s, 25% of all postgraduate dental students in England and Wales had passed through its doors.
When the new Educational Centre opened in 1998, all branches of the profession were now served by the hospital, including dental therapists, hygienists, technicians and nurses.
That same year saw the Dental Hospital nominated as the regional centre for the management of specialised Cleft Lip and Palate services, and the Cochrane Centre for Oral Health was established.
Our Services
The University Dental Hospital of Manchester is one of the key specialist dental hospitals in the UK. Around 90,000 patients come to us for treatment every year, and we look after both adults and children.
The Dental Laboratory Service is another important part of the hospital, supporting dental services across the whole Trust. The laboratories team are continually scoping new advancements in digital technologies.
Location
The University Dental Hospital of Manchester is situated in the University of Manchester Campus, on Oxford Road. For more details about how to get here, visit our Getting Here page.
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)
The University Dental Hospital of Manchester is part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 October 2017 and is responsible for running a family of ten hospitals across seven separate sites. It provides a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care through to highly specialised regional and national services.
Our Values
The University Dental Hospital of Manchester is proud to align itself with the shared values of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
We are compassionate
- Care about people, focusing on the needs of all our patients and staff
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
- Support local people and the local economy in our role as a large local employer and consumer.
We are curious
- Use digital technology and other innovations to improve the way we work for patients and our colleagues.
- Use data, insight and evidence to inform the way we deliver services and make decisions.
We are collaborative
- Involve patients and our communities in the planning and delivery our services.
- Work together as one team across MFT.
- Work together with partners across Greater Manchester.
- Use our influence locally and nationally to the benefit of our patients, our communities and our partners.
We are open and honest
- Listen and respond to feedback from staff, patients, communities and partners.
- Celebrate our successes.
- Be honest about where things can be better and share learning to make improvements.
We are inclusive
- Address health inequalities, ensuring everyone can get the care they need and the best possible outcomes whatever their identity or background.
- Build a diverse workforce at all levels in which everyone can belong, and which reflects the people who use our services, helping us to deliver better care and build trust with our communities.