• Dentist
  • Dentist

Start-Smiling

5 Market Place, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 0BY (01277) 353456

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Start-Smiling

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Assessment report published 4 September 2025

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Caring

Regulations met

2 September 2025

We found this practice was providing caring services in accordance with the relevant regulations and had taken into consideration appropriate guidance.

Find out what we look at when we assess this area in our information about our new Single assessment framework.

Kindness, compassion and dignity

Regulations met

Patient feedback provided a positive view of the dental team and care provided by the practice.

Patient comments included that staff were welcoming and attentive, acted with integrity, and showed compassion.

Patients said staff were professional, courteous, and considerate.

Patients felt they were treated as individuals, and their personal and cultural needs were respected.

People received care from staff who were aware of their responsibility to respect people’s diversity and human rights, and of the importance of privacy and confidentiality.

Staff mostly felt respected, valued and supported in their roles, and their wellbeing was supported.

One staff member told us how the practice supported them to provide good quality care to their patients and how they were kept informed about the development of the practice.

Treating people as individuals

Regulations met

The judgement for Treating people as individuals is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Caring key question.

Independence, choice and control

Regulations met

The judgement for Independence, choice and control is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Caring key question.

Responding to people’s immediate needs

Regulations met

The judgement for Responding to people’s immediate needs is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Caring key question.

Workforce wellbeing and enablement

Regulations met

The judgement for Workforce wellbeing and enablement is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Caring key question.