The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 42 dental practices in England in the past week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Barbara Castle Dental Practice - Harlow, West Essex: Meeting Standards
- Bridlington Dental Centre, East Riding of Yorkshire: Meeting Standards
- Chris Edmonds & Associates Limited, Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield: Meeting Standards
- Churchfield Dental Centre, Barnsley: Meeting Standards
- Coronation Road Dental Surgery, Bristol: Meeting Standards
- Dr Simone Small - Edgwarebury Lane, Barnet: Meeting Standards
- Elder Tree Dental Practice, Castle Point and Rochford: Meeting Standards
- Eyre Street Dental, Hardwick: Meeting Standards
- Finchley Dental Lounge, Barnet: Meeting Standards
- Firth Park Dental, Sheffield: Meeting Standards
- Holme Lane Dental Practice, Sheffield: Meeting Standards
- Ivory Dental Care - Park Road, Blackpool: Meeting Standards
- Matas Dental Surgery, Newham: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - Nook Street - Workington, Cumbria: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - St. Margaret's Road - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - Station Road - Hebburn, South Tyneside: Meeting Standards
- Oasis Dental Care - Gloucester, Gloucestershire: Meeting Standards
- Oasis Dental Care - Gloucester, Gloucestershire: Meeting Standards
- Oasis Dental Care - Woking, North West Surrey: Meeting Standards
- Patient First Dental Practice, Thurrock: Meeting Standards
- Pitsea Dental Care Ltd, Basildon and Brentwood: Meeting Standards
- Porterbrook Dental Centre, Sheffield: Meeting Standards
- Prime Dental Care, Rotherham: Meeting Standards
- Purely Orthodontics, Basildon and Brentwood: Meeting Standards
- Sheffield Practice Limited, Sheffield: Meeting Standards
- Smile Impressions Lee, Lewisham: Meeting Standards
- Southbank Practice Limited, Thanet: Meeting Standards
- Southborough Dental Practice, West Kent: Meeting Standards
- SR Moors Ltd, West Kent: Meeting Standards
- Station Road Dental Practice, West Essex: Meeting Standards
- Tender Dental Care, North East Essex: Meeting Standards
- The Dental Implant Clinic, Bath and North East Somerset: Meeting Standards
- The Health Centre Dental Practice - Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire: Meeting Standards
- The Health Centre Dental Practice (The Dental Company Ltd), Wiltshire: Meeting Standards
- The Ivory Room Dentalcare, Islington: Meeting Standards
- The Toothplace Dental Surgery Ipswich Limited, Ipswich and East Suffolk: Meeting Standards
- Tooth Doctor (UK) Ltd, Basildon and Brentwood: Meeting Standards
- Clevedon Dental Care, North Somerset: Not Meeting Standards
- Grange Green Dental Practice, Basildon and Brentwood: Not Meeting Standards
- Mr Michael Dewar, Sheffield: Not Meeting Standards
- Regency House Dental Practice, Gloucestershire: Not Meeting Standards
- Tooth Booth Needham Market, Ipswich and East Suffolk: 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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