Globe Dental Practice

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• Overview
• Learning culture
• Safe systems, pathways and transitions
• Safeguarding
• Involving people to manage risks
• Safe environments
• Safe and effective staffing
• Infection prevention and control
• Medicines optimisation

We found this practice was providing safe care 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.

The judgement for Learning culture is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Safe systems, pathways and transitions is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Safeguarding is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

The judgement for Involving people to manage risks is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.

At the inspection on 18 February 2025, we had highlighted where improvements should be made. At the inspection on 30 April 2025, we found the practice had made the following improvements:

Emergency equipment and medicines were available and checked in accordance with national guidance. Staff could access these in a timely way. The provider had implemented systems to carry out daily temperature checks of the fridge where they stored the Glucagon, a medicine used to treat severe hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar).

A fire safety risk assessment was carried out in line with the legal requirements and the recommendations had been acted on. The management of fire safety was effective. The practice were consistently conducting in-house testing of the fire equipment, the emergency lighting had undergone its annual duration test, and the practice had installed more emergency lighting as recommended in their fire risk assessment.

The practice had effective arrangements to ensure the safety of the X-ray equipment, and the required radiation protection information was available. This included cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The practice had made improvements to their governance processes to maintain oversight of radiation protection. In particular, all X-ray machines had undergone their 3-yearly routine performance testing and recommendations from critical examination reports had been addressed.

The practice had improved systems to assess, monitor and manage risks to patient and staff safety. In particular, recommendations from the health and safety risk assessment were addressed or due to be addressed shortly, and a sharps risk assessment and lone working risk assessments had been conducted.

The practice had systems for appropriate and safe management of medicines. NHS prescription pads were kept secure. The provider had implemented a pre-populated log to monitor and track their use.

The practice had some risk assessments to minimise the risk that could be caused from substances that are hazardous to health. However, improvements were required to ensure these were completed for all hazardous substances and the staff knew where these were stored.

At the inspection on 18 February 2025, we had highlighted where improvements should be made. At the inspection on 30 April 2025, we found the practice had made the following improvements:

The practice had a recruitment policy and procedure to help them employ suitable staff. These reflected the relevant legislation. During the follow-up inspection, we reviewed 1 recently recruited staff member’s file. We noted that recruitment was in line with relevant legislation.

The practice had arrangements to ensure staff training was up-to-date and reviewed at the required intervals.

At the inspection on 18 February 2025, we had highlighted where improvements should be made. At the inspection on 30 April 2025, we found the practice had made the following improvements:

The provider had implemented systems to ensure the heavy-duty gloves, used in the decontamination process of reusable dental instruments, were changed weekly in line with guidance.

The judgement for Medicines optimisation is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Safe key question.