Archived: Cadis Practice Limited

Updated 7 September 2016

We carried out an announced inspection of this practice on 11 February 2016 where breaches of legal requirements were found. After the inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to well led care and treatment.

We undertook this focused inspection to check they had followed their plan and to confirm they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Cadis Dental Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

Updated 7 September 2016

We carried out an announced inspection of this practice on 11 February 2016 where breaches of legal requirements were found. After the inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to well led care and treatment.

We undertook this focused inspection to check they had followed their plan and to confirm they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Cadis Dental Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

Our findings were:

Are services well-led?

We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Background

The practice offered private dental treatment to patients of all ages. This was a single handed principal dentist supported by a dental nurse in addition to reception staff.

The principal dentist is the registered provider for the practice. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the practice is run.

The practice has one treatment room, reception/waiting area and decontamination room. The practice is open one day per week 9.00am until 5.00pm.

Our key findings were:

• The practice is now compliant with its legal obligations under Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR) 99 and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulation (IRMER) 2000 including conducting regular quality audits of the X-rays.
• The practice is now compliant with Decontamination processes in accordance with HTM 01:05 guidelines: Decontamination in primary care dental practices or The Health and Social Care Act 2008:‘Code of Practice about the prevention and control of infections and related guidance.
• The registered provider had ensured that infection control, clinical and non-clinical record keeping were now in place.
• Emergency medicines were now in date and easily accessible and an automated external defibrillator (AED) had also been purchased to be easily accessible in an emergency.