The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 36 dental practices in England in the past week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Angel Dental, Birmingham CrossCity: Met Standards
- Beverley House Dental Practice, East Riding of Yorkshire: Met Standards
- Butterflies Dental Clinic, Milton Keynes: Met Standards
- Chatsworth House Dental Clinic, Harrogate and Rural District: Met Standards
- Chesterton Dental Practice, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Met Standards
- Chesterton Dental Practice, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Met Standards
- Clifton Garden Dental Surgery, East Riding of Yorkshire: Met Standards
- Dental Care Direct - Lexicon House, Leeds North: Met Standards
- Dr John P. Siwek BDS Dental Practice, Leeds South and East: Met Standards
- E M Swanson Dental Practice, Medway: Met Standards
- Elliott McCarthy Dental Care, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees: Met Standards
- Genix Healthcare Dental Clinic - Conisbrough, Doncaster: Met Standards
- Greengates Dental Practice, Bradford Districts: Met Standards
- Kingston Road Dental Practice, East Riding of Yorkshire: Met Standards
- Leonette Rossouw Dental Practice, West Kent: Met Standards
- Longton Dental Practice, Greater Preston: Met Standards
- Marble Alley Dental Practice, South Warwickshire: Met Standards
- Mereside Dental Practice, South Cheshire: Met Standards
- Messenger Dental Practice, Gloucestershire: Met Standards
- Montreal Dental Care, Leeds North: Met Standards
- Mydentist - Hessle High Road - Hull, Hull: Met Standards
- New Street Dental, Sandwell and West Birmingham: Met Standards
- Only Orthodontics, Greater Huddersfield: Met Standards
- Park House Practice, Southend: Met Standards
- Shadwell Dental Care Limited, Leeds North: Met Standards
- Snaith Dental Care, East Riding of Yorkshire: Met Standards
- St James Dental Centre, Dudley: Met Standards
- Trinity Dental Surgery, Birmingham CrossCity: Met Standards
- Welham Green Dental Practice, East and North Hertfordshire: Met Standards
- Dr Davinderpal S Kooner - Southall Dental Centre, Ealing: Not Met Standards
- Putney Dental Surgery Ltd, Wandsworth: Not Met Standards
- Rotherham Road Dental Practice, Coventry and Rugby: Not Met Standards
- Solid Rock Specialist Dental Practice - Doncaster, Doncaster: Not Met Standards
- The Dental Surgery, High Weald Lewes Havens: Not Met Standards
- The Green Dental Practice, Barnet: Not Met Standards
- The Smile Centre (UK) Limited, Bury: Not Met 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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