The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 20 dental practices in England last week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Acacia Dental Practice Limited, Herefordshire: Meeting Standards
- Alba Dental Care (Miss Ana Maria Luiza Dobre), Tower Hamlets: Meeting Standards
- Alba Dental Care (Mr. Hossein Tosi), Tower Hamlets: Meeting Standards
- Centennium House, North West Surrey: Meeting Standards
- Dental Arts Studio - Hendon, Barnet: Meeting Standards
- Dental Surgery, Knowsley: Meeting Standards
- Goldsworth Road Dental Centre, North West Surrey: Meeting Standards
- Halford House, Newbury and District: Meeting Standards
- High Street Dental Centre Petersfield, South Eastern Hampshire: Meeting Standards
- London Day Surgery Centre, Barnet: Meeting Standards
- London Smile Studio, Camden: Meeting Standards
- North Street Dental Care, Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford: Meeting Standards
- Seven Dental, Nottingham City: Meeting Standards
- Stoney Field Dental Practice, North Durham: Meeting Standards
- Strictly Dental (Campbell & Wilson Dental Surgery), Cumbria: Meeting Standards
- The Mount Dental Practice, Wakefield: Meeting Standards
- The New Tooth Company Implant Centre, West Kent: Meeting Standards
- Wellingborough Dental Practice - 26, Nene: Meeting Standards
- Wellingborough Dental Practice - 29, Nene: Meeting Standards
- Dental Surgery, Norwich: Not meeting standards
CQC’s new approach to inspecting dental services:
CQC’s approach to inspecting dental services uses specially trained dental inspectors, accompanied by specialist advisors who are usually qualified dentists or dental care professionals. Similarly to the other health and social care sectors inspected by CQC, dental reports describe whether services provided are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. Our inspections check that practices are meeting the fundamental standards and regulations that came into force on 1 April 2015.
CQC plans to inspect 10 per cent of England’s 10,000 dental practices. Unlike most sectors regulated by CQC, primary care dental services will not be given a rating.
Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of General Practice (Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care Directorate), said:
"We know that the quality of care provided by most dentists meets the fundamental standards required by law and, and that is reflected in the reports we have published so far.
"If we find that a dental practice is failing to meet the required standard - we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue, and we will return to check that they have made the required improvements.
“However good the general picture, we are not complacent. In the first years of inspection, CQC did identify some examples of unacceptable standards of care. Our main priority must be to ensure that we protect the public from unsafe care by continuing to inspect against the regulations and taking action that encourages improvement.”
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