The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 44 dental practices in England in the past week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Alpha Dental Studio Dales, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby: Meeting Standards
- Angel Smile Dental Care and Orthodontics, Islington: Meeting Standards
- Astek Dental Centre, Surrey Downs: Meeting Standards
- Bispham Dental Practice, Blackpool: Meeting Standards
- Bounds Green Dental Practice, Haringey: Meeting Standards
- Bramingham Dental Clinic, Luton: Meeting Standards
- Broadfield Dental Centre, Crawley: Meeting Standards
- Castle Dental Practice, Fareham and Gosport: Meeting Standards
- Drakes Dental Care - Longridge, Greater Preston: Meeting Standards
- Ducket Dental Surgery, Haringey: Meeting Standards
- Eclipse (Batley) Limited, North Kirklees: Meeting Standards
- Edgerton Dental Clinic, Greater Huddersfield: Meeting Standards
- Emia Dental, Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley: Meeting Standards
- Evans Orthodontic Practice - Hereford, Herefordshire: Meeting Standards
- Goldthorne Clinic, Wolverhampton: Meeting Standards
- Goose Green Dental, Trafford: Meeting Standards
- Hebden Bridge Dental Care, Calderdale: Meeting Standards
- Jason Old dental practice, Northumberland: Meeting Standards
- Jevington Dental Practice, Lewisham: Meeting Standards
- Leyburn Dental Practice - Hawes Health Centre, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby: Meeting Standards
- Leyburn Dental Practice - Wensley Road, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby: Meeting Standards
- Linden Dental Centre, North Hampshire: Meeting Standards
- Linden Dental Centre, North Hampshire: Meeting Standards
- Marble Arch Dental Centre, West London: Meeting Standards
- Mydentist - Main Street - Keighley, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven: Meeting Standards
- Newbury Orthodontic Centre, Newbury and District: Meeting Standards
- Newbury Smile Studio, Newbury and District: Meeting Standards
- Precision Dental & Facial Aesthetics - Osborne House, Rotherham: Meeting Standards
- The Dentist Wilmslow, Eastern Cheshire: Meeting Standards
- The Grove House Dental Practice, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven: Meeting Standards
- Well Street Dental Care, City and Hackney: Meeting Standards
- Wymans Brook Dental Practice, Gloucestershire: Meeting Standards
- Cestria Dental Practice, North Durham: Not Meeting Standards
- Chelwood Dental Surgery, Liverpool: Not Meeting Standards
- Church End Dental Clinic, Barnet: Not Meeting Standards
- Dr Louise Southworth - Richmond Terrace, Blackburn with Darwen: Not Meeting Standards
- Haymans Green Dental Practice, Liverpool: Not Meeting Standards
- Moss Grove Dental Practice, Dudley: Not Meeting Standards
- Muswell Hill Dental Practice, Haringey: Not Meeting Standards
- Polmedics Limited - Allison Street, Birmingham CrossCity: Not Meeting Standards
- Polmedics Limited - Rugby, Coventry and Rugby: Not Meeting Standards
- Polmedics Limited - West Bromwich, Sandwell and West Birmingham: Not Meeting Standards
- Rudgwick Dental Practice, Horsham and Mid Sussex: Not Meeting Standards
- The Chiswick Street Dental Practice, Cumbria: 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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