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:
- 372 Dental, Bolton: Meeting standards
- Allen & Caspersonn Dental Surgery, Hammersmith and Fulham: Meeting standards
- Baran & Hull Dental Practice, South Cheshire: Meeting standards
- Battle Road Dental Practice, Hastings and Rother: Meeting standards
- Bhandal Dental Practice - The Arcade, Dudley: Meeting standards
- Bridge Street Dental Practice, Leeds North: Meeting standards
- Butler and Finnigan Dental Practice, Shropshire: Meeting standards
- Clay Cross Dental, Hardwick: Meeting standards
- D Robertson & Associates - Whitehouse Dental Practice, Birmingham CrossCity: Meeting standards
- David Holloman Dentistry - High Street Bromyard, Herefordshire: Meeting standards
- DK Dental Practice, Dorset: Meeting standards
- Etwall Dental Practice Ltd, Southern Derbyshire: Meeting standards
- Gental Dental Care, Halton: Meeting standards
- Honour Health Stanley, North Durham: Meeting standards
- Hurst Farm Dental Centre, Guildford and Waverley: Meeting standards
- Malo Clinic at Elmfield House Dental Practice, Richmond: Meeting standards
- Mr Kevin Allen - North End Road Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham: Meeting standards
- Mydentist - Langham Road - Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen: Meeting standards
- Oadby Dental Clinic, East Leicestershire and Rutland: Meeting standards
- Peacehaven Dental Practice, High Weald Lewes Havens: Meeting standards
- Richmond Dental Practice, South Worcestershire: Meeting standards
- Smith, Holloman & Associates, Herefordshire: Meeting standards
- Soar Valley Dental Practice, West Leicestershire: Meeting standards
- Solvay Solutions UK, Sandwell and West Birmingham: Meeting standards
- Stradbrook Implants, West Kent: Meeting standards
- Swinton Dental Practice, Rotherham: Meeting standards
- The Sutton Dental Practice Limited, Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford: Meeting standards
- Tupsley Dental Practice, Herefordshire: Meeting standards
- Wareham Dental Surgery, Dorset: Meeting standards
- Wareham Dental Surgery, Dorset: Meeting standards
- Cheltenham Dental Spa & Implant Clinic, Gloucestershire: Not meeting standards
- Days Lane Dental Practice, Bexley: Not meeting standards
- Prescot House Dental Surgery, Knowsley: Not meeting standards
- St Albans Dental Centre, Herts Valleys: Not meeting standards
- Townley House Dental Practice Limited, 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, 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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