Archived: Kingston Road Dental Practice

Updated 10 January 2017

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 registered provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

The inspection was carried out on 20 December 2016 and was led by a CQC Inspector.

We informed the NHS England area team and Healthwatch we were inspecting the practice; however we did not receive any information of concern from them.

The methods that were used to collect information at the inspection included interviewing staff, observations and reviewing documents.

During the inspection we spoke with the dentist and three dental nurses. We saw policies, procedures and other records relating to the management of the service.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we asked the following question:

• Is it safe?

These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.

Updated 10 January 2017

We carried out a follow- up inspection at the Kingston Road Dental Practice on the 20 December 2016.

We had undertaken an announced comprehensive inspection of this service on the 10 May 2016 as part of our regulatory functions where breaches of legal requirements were found.

After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to each of the breaches. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

We reviewed the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe? You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Kingston Road Dental Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

We revisited the Kingston Road Dental Practice as part of this review and checked whether they had followed their action plan and to confirm that they now met the legal requirements.

Our findings were:

Are services safe?

We found that this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Background

Kingston Road Dental practice provides private and NHS dental services to children and adults at the surgery on Kingston Road, Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire. The practice has two treatment rooms on the first floor, a waiting area, a reception area and a decontamination room. Staff facilities were located on the ground floor.

Due to the surgeries being located on the first floor, patients with mobility requirements are referred to a local practice which was more accessible.

There is one dentist who is supported by three dental nurses (one of whom is a trainee).

The practice is open:

Monday –Friday 09:00 – 13:00 14:00 – 17:30

The principal dentist is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as an individual. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the practice is run.

Our key findings were:

• The practice had systems in place to assess and manage risks to patients and staff including infection prevention and control, health and safety and the management of medical emergencies.
• The practice was visibly clean and tidy.

• Detailed COSHH risk assessments for materials were now in place
• Infection control procedures were in accordance with the guidance published by the Department of Health.
• Oral health advice and treatment were provided in line with the ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ toolkit (DBOH).
• Treatment was well planned and provided in line with current best practice guidelines.