Updated 22 May 2018
We carried out an announced follow-up inspection at Copley Dental Care on 20 April 2018.
We had undertaken an announced comprehensive inspection of this service on the 26 October 2017 as part of our regulatory functions where a breach of legal requirements was found.
After the comprehensive inspection, the provider wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. We checked whether they had followed their action plan to confirm that they now met the legal requirements.
We reviewed the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: are the services well led? You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Copley Dental Care on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
We revisited Copley Dental Care as part of this review and checked whether they now met the legal requirements. We carried out this announced inspection on 20 April 2018 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. We planned the inspection to check whether the registered provider was meeting the legal requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations.
The inspection was led by a CQC inspector who was supported by a specialist dental adviser.
• Is it well-led?
This question forms the framework for the areas we look at during the inspection.
Our findings were:
Are services well-led?
We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Background
Copley Dental Care is near Halifax and provides NHS and private treatment to adults and children.
There is level access for people who use wheelchairs and pushchairs. The practice has a small dedicated car park.
The dental team includes one dentist and three dental nurses (two of whom are trainees).
The practice has two treatment rooms.
The practice is owned by an individual who is the principal dentist there. They 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 dentist and two dental nurses. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open:
Tuesday to Friday from 10:00am to 6:00pm
Our key findings were:
- Improvements had been made to the process for reducing the risks associated with fire and sharps.
- Improvements had been made to the process for environmental cleaning.
- Improvements had been made to the recruitment process.