The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 30 dental practices in England last week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Acre Lane Dental Care, Lambeth: Meeting standards
- Allsopp & Associates Dental Practice - Bridge Street, Walsall: Meeting standards
- Billericay Orthodontics Ltd, Basildon and Brentwood: Meeting standards
- Buckshaw Village Dental Surgery, Chorley and South Ribble: Meeting standards
- Care Dental, Tower Hamlets: Meeting standards
- Chelwood Dental Practice, Leeds North: Meeting standards
- Dental Art Implant Clinic, Camden: Meeting standards
- Dental Arts Studio - Hendon, Barnet: Meeting standards
- Dorset House Dental, Coventry and Rugby: Meeting standards
- Glow Dentistry, Barnet: Meeting standards
- Jivadental, Kingston: Meeting standards
- Kirkgate Dental Practice, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby: Meeting standards
- Mydentist - Clifford Road - Stanley, North Durham: Meeting standards
- Mydentist - Sneinton Dale - Nottingham, Nottingham City: Meeting standards
- Mydentist - Town Street - Shepton Mallet, Somerset: Meeting standards
- Mydentist - Windsor Court - Leeds, Leeds West: Meeting standards
- Normanton Road Family Dental Centre, Southern Derbyshire: Meeting standards
- Pimlico Dental Care, Central London (Westminster): Meeting standards
- Pitshanger Dental Care, Ealing: Meeting standards
- Rise Park Dental Practice, Nottingham City: Meeting standards
- Roe Street Dental Practice, Eastern Cheshire: Meeting standards
- Shelswell Dental Practice - Bessacarr, Doncaster: Meeting standards
- Springs Dental Studio, Darlington: Meeting standards
- St Catherine's Dental Practice, South West Lincolnshire: Meeting standards
- Ware Dental Care, East and North Hertfordshire: Meeting standards
- Watford Orthodontic Practice Limited, Herts Valleys: Meeting standards
- West End Manse Dental Care, West Suffolk: Meeting standards
- Diamond Dental and Medical Clinic, Barnet: Not meeting standards
- Kenneth Ng Surgery Limited, Ipswich and East Suffolk: Not meeting standards
- Littleport Dental Surgery, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: 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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