Denticheck Newark

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• Overview
• Assessing needs
• Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
• How staff, teams and services work together
• Supporting people to live healthier lives
• Monitoring and improving outcomes
• Consent to care and treatment

We found this practice was providing effective care in accordance with the relevant regulations and had taken into consideration appropriate guidance.

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The judgement for Assessing needs is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Effective key question.

The provider had systems to ensure that people who used the service received person-centred care and treatment, that was appropriate, met their needs and was reflective of their personal preferences. Preventive oral health care was encouraged.

The practice had systems for prescribing of medicines in line with current guidance. They carried out antimicrobial prescribing audits.

Patients were referred to primary and secondary care specialists for treatment the practice did not provide. This included referring patients with suspected cancer under the national faster diagnosis pathways.

Staff felt the practice supported them to develop and enabled them to take on responsibilities.

We saw evidence the dentists justified, graded and reported on the radiographs they took.

Staff keep up to date with current evidence-based best practice and have the skills, knowledge and experience to carry out their roles. However, we identified some additional training needs. These include awareness of British Society of Periodontology guidance, record keeping standards, and obtaining and recording informed consent.

We looked at a sample of patient care records; we found improvements should be made to ensure the information recorded in the patient care record was in line with recognised guidance.

We noted staff would benefit from refresher training in respect of Gillick competence (Gillick competence refers to a young person under the age of 16 having sufficient understanding, intelligence, and maturity to consent to their own dental treatment).

Staff obtained patients’ consent for treatment mostly in line with legislation and guidance and understood their responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. However, improvements should be made to ensure staff update their knowledge of obtaining consent when involving patients’ relatives or carers.

The judgement for How staff, teams and services work together is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Effective key question.

The judgement for Supporting people to live healthier lives is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Effective key question.

The judgement for Monitoring and improving outcomes is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Effective key question.

The judgement for Consent to care and treatment is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Effective key question.