Updated 28 April 2023
We undertook a follow up inspection of Poringland Dental Surgery on 18 April 2023. This inspection was carried out to review in detail the actions taken by the registered provider to improve the quality of care and to confirm that the provider was now meeting legal requirements.
We had previously undertaken a comprehensive inspection of the practice on 13 July 2022 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. We found the registered provider was not providing well-led care and was in breach of regulations 17 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. You can read our report of that inspection by selecting the 'all reports' link for Poringland Dental Surgery on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
When one or more of the five questions are not met, we require the service to make improvements and send us an action plan. We then inspect again after a reasonable interval, focusing on the areas where improvement was required.
As part of this inspection, we asked:
• Is it well-led?
Our findings were:
We found this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations. The provider had made adequate improvements in relation to the regulatory breach we found at our previous inspection. In general improvements were noted in staff recruitment, medical emergency equipment and infection control.
There were areas where the provider could make improvements. They should:
- Take action to ensure that clinicians follow guidelines issued by the FGDP for antimicrobial prescribing in dentistry.
- Take action to ensure all loose and uncovered items in treatment room drawers are covered to prevent aerosol contamination.
Background
Poringland Dental Practice provides private dental care and treatment for adults and children.
There is level access to the practice for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. There are ground floor surgeries and a fully accessible toilet.
Car parking spaces are available on site.
The dental team includes 3 dentists, 3 dental nurses, a receptionist, and a practice manager. The practice has 3 treatment rooms, only 2 of which were in use at the time of our inspection.
During the inspection we spoke with the practice manager, a dental nurse and 2 dentists. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open on Mondays to Fridays from 9am to 5.30pm.