The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 33 dental practices in England last week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- 211 Dental, Brent
- A R Brosgill - Pannal, Harrogate and Rural District
- Arundel Lodge Dental Surgery Ltd, Surrey Downs
- Birchfield Dental Practice, Sandwell and West Birmingham
- Blue Cross Dental Care (Bilston), Wolverhampton
- Bromley Dental Practice, Bromley
- Churchview Dental Practice, Nottingham West
- Dentale Bristol, North Somerset
- Dentexcel Acton, Ealing
- Epsom Orthodontics, Surrey Downs
- Evolve Dentistry, North Somerset
- Forest House Dental Surgery Limited, East Leicestershire and Rutland
- Forestside Dental Practice, West Hampshire
- Forestside Dental Practice, West Hampshire
- Hatfield Peveral Dental Surgery, Mid Essex
- Katherine Dental Care, Newham
- Longborough Dental Practice, Surrey Downs
- Mydentist - Bristol Gardens - Brighton, Brighton and Hove
- Newnham Dental Practice, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Oasis Dental Care Central - Egremont, Cumbria
- Park Lane Dental, Croydon
- Parkside Dental Centre, North West Surrey
- Peppermint Dental Centre, South Norfolk
- Perfect 32, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Sheen Dental, Richmond
- Sheen Dental Ltd, Richmond
- Smile Dental Surgery - East Ham, London, Newham
- The Nightingale Clinic, Newham
- Tooting Medical Centre, Merton
- Trenton Dental Practice, Hull
- Tyneview Dental Practice, Newcastle Gateshead
- Wembley High Street Dental Surgery, Brent
- Yeovil Dental Practice, Somerset
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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