The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 35 dental practices in England in the past week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Academy Dental Care, Bracknell and Ascot: Meeting standards
- Alexandra Dental Practice, Surrey Downs: Meeting standards
- Billingshurst Dental Practice (A K Wickenden Limited), Coastal West Sussex: Meeting standards
- Billingshurst Dental Practice (C R Carey Limited), Coastal West Sussex: Meeting standards
- Billingshurst Dental Practice (Dr Christine Carey), Coastal West Sussex: Meeting standards
- Billingshurst Dental Practice (N & J Murphy Limited), Coastal West Sussex: Meeting standards
- Bretton Dental Surgery, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Meeting standards
- Broad Street Dental Surgery, Herefordshire: Meeting standards
- Burges Road Dental Practice, Newham: Meeting standards
- Clements Road Dental Practice, Redbridge: Meeting standards
- Dental Surgery, Norwich: Meeting standards
- Elmhurst Dental Practice, Birmingham CrossCity: Meeting standards
- Epsom Dental Centre, Surrey Downs: Meeting standards
- Epsom Dental centre, Surrey Downs: Meeting standards
- GJD Enterprises Limited t/a Gipsy Lane Smiles, Wokingham: Meeting standards
- Heylings Dental Surgery, Hull: Meeting standards
- I C Goossens, Havering: Meeting standards
- Ledbury Dental Care, Herefordshire: Meeting standards
- LIC Dental Clinic, Barnet: Meeting standards
- London Road Dental Centre, Croydon: Meeting standards
- London Road Dental Centre, Croydon: Meeting standards
- London Road dental Centre, Croydon: Meeting standards
- Lovat House Dental Surgery, Gloucestershire: Meeting standards
- Lovat House Dental Surgery (Dr. Paul Macaulay), Gloucestershire: Meeting standards
- Lovat House Dental Surgery (Mr. David Medcalf), Gloucestershire: Meeting standards
- Mydentist - London Street - Fleetwood, Fylde & Wyre: Meeting standards
- Poole Dental Practice, Dorset: Meeting standards
- Reigate Dental Centre, East Surrey: Meeting standards
- Romford, Havering: Meeting standards
- Share a Smile, Havering: Meeting standards
- Smiles By Hillside, Barnet: Meeting standards
- The Clock Dental Practice, Dorset: Meeting standards
- The Old Police House Dental Practice, Scarborough and Ryedale: Meeting standards
- Tooth Booth Chichester, Coastal West Sussex: Meeting standards
- Anthony J Cale & Associates, Barnsley: Not meeting standards
CQC’s new approach to inspecting dental services:
CQC’s approach to inspecting dental services uses specially trained dental inspectors, usually accompanied by specialist advisors who are 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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