The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 28 dental practices in England last week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Aldridge Dental Practice, Walsall: Meeting Standards
- Alpha Dental Studio Leyburn, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby: Meeting Standards
- Ashbourne Dental Practice, Southern Derbyshire: Meeting Standards
- Bare Dental Clinic Limited, Lancashire North: Meeting Standards
- Cliff Road Dental Practice, East Riding of Yorkshire: Meeting Standards
- Dental Health Care, East and North Hertfordshire: Meeting Standards
- Dental Surgery - Stonegate, Vale of York: Meeting Standards
- Dentice Limited, Swale: Meeting Standards
- Goodleigh Dental Practice, Mid Essex: Meeting Standards
- Harley Place Dental & Implant Service, Thurrock: Meeting Standards
- Hunstanton Dental Practice, West Norfolk: Meeting Standards
- Ise Lodge Dental Centre, Nene: Meeting Standards
- London Road Dental Practice, Swale: Meeting Standards
- Macrocare Dental Health 24-7, North West Surrey: Meeting Standards
- Market Place Dentistry, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - Combe Road - Combedown, Bath and North East Somerset: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - Fronks Road - Harwich, North East Essex: Meeting Standards
- Oasis Dental Care Central - Northampton 2, Nene: Meeting Standards
- Pagham Dental Surgery, Coastal West Sussex: Meeting Standards
- Polmedics Limited - Wellingborough, Nene: Meeting Standards
- Quarry House Dental Practice, Leeds South and East: Meeting Standards
- Ravenshead Dental Practice, Newark & Sherwood: Meeting Standards
- Salmon Lane Dental Care, Tower Hamlets: Meeting Standards
- Stella Maris Practice Limited, Sandwell and West Birmingham: Meeting Standards
- The Dental Centre, Solihull: Meeting Standards
- The Dental Practice at Katherine Place, Herts Valleys: Meeting Standards
- The Southfield Dental Practice, Doncaster: Meeting Standards
- Thrapston Dental Centre, Nene: 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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