The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 22 dental practices in England in the past week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Anele De Novo Dental Practice - Beltinge, Canterbury and Coastal: Meeting Standards
- Apex Dental Care - Merrow, Guildford and Waverley: Meeting Standards
- Belmont Dental Practice, North Durham: Meeting Standards
- Castle Street Practice, South Kent Coast: Meeting Standards
- Cripps Dental Centre, Nottingham City: Meeting Standards
- Dental Clinic, Todmorden Health Centre, Calderdale: Meeting Standards
- Goldhawk Dental Practice, Hammersmith and Fulham: Meeting Standards
- Hoseside Dental Practice, Wirral: Meeting Standards
- IQ Dental & Implant Centre, West Kent: Meeting Standards
- I-Teeth Dental Care, West Kent: Meeting Standards
- JJ Scarlett Dental Practice, Harrogate and Rural District: Meeting Standards
- Ladbroke Grove Dental Care, West London: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - Stanhope Road - Deal, South Kent Coast: Meeting Standards
- No 18 Dental Practice, Harrogate and Rural District: Meeting Standards
- Peasedown Dental Practice, Bath and North East Somerset: Meeting Standards
- Queen Dental Surgery, South Norfolk: Meeting Standards
- Solid Rock Specialist Dental Practice - Doncaster, Doncaster: Meeting Standards
- Streetly Smiles Dental Care, Walsall: Meeting Standards
- The Art of Dentistry, North East Essex: Meeting Standards
- The Forum Dental Studio, Lincolnshire West: Meeting Standards
- The Station Dental Practice, Birmingham South and Central: Meeting Standards
- Yeovil Dental Care, Somerset: 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.
Dr Janet Williamson, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice & Dentistry, 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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