Sunshine Dental Limited

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• Overview
• Kindness, compassion and dignity
• Treating people as individuals
• Independence, choice and control
• Responding to people’s immediate needs
• Workforce wellbeing and enablement

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.

Staff treated patients with kindness, respect and compassion. We observed positive interactions between staff and patients both in person and on the telephone. Staff displayed an understanding of patients’ needs and showed warmth and compassion to patients.

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.

We were provided with a patient survey which indicated a very high level of satisfaction with the care and treatment received at Sunshine Dental Limited. Comments included. ‘Every time I visit Sunshine Dental I am always treated with care, kindness and respect, 100% of the time - every time…perfect practice and staff.’ Also, ‘I was so scared to come to the dentist. The warm reassuring call I had made it all ok and it’s been great ever since.’ Further comments included, ‘Best dental practice I've been treated at. All staff are lovely, always well explained treatments, very welcoming, no judgement and patient centred.’

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 felt respected, valued and supported in their roles, and their wellbeing was supported. One staff member commented, ‘This is a lovely place to work - everyone cares about the work and also about each other. Everyone takes pride in their own work and support other members of staff so wonderfully. Stress levels are kept low and morale high.’

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

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

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

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