Updated 17 June 2016
We undertook an announced focussed inspection of Mydentist - Houghton Road – Rotherham on 12 May 2016. This inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our inspection on 18 June 2015 had been made. We inspected the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe. This is because the service was not meeting some legal requirements.
Updated 17 June 2016
We carried out a comprehensive inspection of this practice on 18 June 2015. Breaches of legal requirements were found. After the inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to premises and equipment.
We undertook this focused inspection to check that they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Mydentist - Houghton Road – Rotherham on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Our findings were:
Are services safe?
We found that this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Background
Mydentist - Houghton Road – Rotherham is situated in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. It offers mainly NHS treatment to patients of all ages but also offers private dental treatments. The services include preventative advice and treatment and routine restorative dental care.
The practice has three surgeries, a decontamination room, a waiting area and a reception area. The reception area, waiting area and one surgery are located on the ground floor. The other two surgeries are located on the first floor.
There are five dentists, five dental nurses, two receptionists and a practice manager.
The opening hours are Monday and Tuesday from 9-00am to 6-00pm, Wednesday from 9-00am to 5-00pm, Thursday from 8-30am to 5-00pm, Friday from 9-00am to 5-00pm and Saturday from 9-00am to 1-00pm. The practice is closed for lunch between 1-00pm and 2-00pm from Monday to Thursday.
The practice manager is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. 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.
During the inspection we spoke with the practice manager and toured the premises.
Our key findings were:
There were areas where the provider could make improvements and should: