Smallthorne Family Dental Pratice

Updated 25 August 2016

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the practice was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

We carried out an announced, follow-up inspection on 2 August 2016. The inspection team consisted of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspector with remote access to a dental specialist advisor.

During the CQC inspection of the practice on 30 July 2015 it was identified there were concerns with regard to incident and risk management. We saw records of accidents and incidents did not identify they had been fully investigated. In addition there was no automated external defibrillator (AED) or a risk assessment in place. The provider had not met their legal obligations with regard to Regulations 17 of the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) 2014. As a result a requirement notice was issued.

On 4 January 2016 the provider sent an action plan to CQC identifying the actions they would take to meet the requirements identified. This included a timescale for implementing those actions.

Updated 25 August 2016

We carried out a focussed follow-up inspection on 2 August 2016 to check the practice had achieved compliance following our inspection of 30 July 2015. We concentrated on the following key question: Are services well-led?

Our findings were:

Are services well-led?

We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Our key findings were:

• The practice had the necessary equipment for staff to deal with medical emergencies, and staff had been trained how to use that equipment. This included an automated external defibrillator.
• There were systems in place to record accidents, significant events and complaints, and where learning points were identified these were shared with staff.