Archived: A B Smith - The Old Filling Station

Updated 7 September 2016

We undertook a desk based inspection of A B Smith - The Old Filling Station Practice on 3 August 2016. This inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our inspection on 20 January 2016 had been made. We inspected the practice against two of the five questions we ask about services, they were, is the service safe and is the service well led. This is because the service was not meeting some legal requirements.

The inspection was carried out by a CQC inspector with remote access to a dental advisor. During the inspection we communicated with the registered provider and supporting evidence was sent to the inspector to confirm our findings.

Updated 7 September 2016

We carried out an announced inspection of this practice on 20 January 2016 where 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 safe and well led care and treatment.

We undertook this focused inspection to check they had followed their plan and to confirm 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 A B Smith - The Old Filling Station 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

Are services well-led?

We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Background

The practice offered private dental treatment to patients of all ages. This was a single handed principal dentist supported by a dental hygienist and two dental nurses in addition to a practice manager.

Dr Anthony Smith the principal dentist is the registered provider for the practice. 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.

The practice has two treatment rooms, a reception/waiting area and a decontamination room. The practice is open on a Wednesday and alternate Thursday from 9.00am until 1.00pm.

Our key findings were:

• Emergency medicines were now in date and easily accessible.
• The practice was in compliance with its legal obligations under Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR) 99 and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulation (IRMER) 2000.
• The registered provider had ensured that audits for infection control, clinical and non-clinical records were in place.