Updated 27 October 2020
We undertook a follow up desk-based review on 14 September 2020. This review was carried out to follow up on the actions taken by the registered provider to improve the quality of care and to confirm that the practice was now meeting legal requirements.
The review was led by a CQC inspector who had remote access to a specialist dental adviser.
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of Parkside Dental Practice on 26 April 2019 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 safe or well led care and was in breach of Regulation 12 - Safe Care and Treatment, Regulation 17 - Good Governance, Regulation 18 - Staffing, Regulation 19 - Fit and proper person employed, 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 Parkside Dental Practice on our website .
As part of this review we asked:
•Is it safe?
•Is it well-led?
When one or more of the five questions are not met we require the service to make improvements.
Our findings were:
Are services safe?
We found this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made improvements in relation to the regulatory breaches we found at our inspection on 26 April 2019.
Are services well-led?
We found this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made improvements in relation to the regulatory breaches we found at our inspection on 26 April 2019.
Background
Parkside Dental Practice is in West Wickham, in South East London within the London Borough of Bromley. The practice provides private treatment to adults and children.
There is no level step-free access for people who use wheelchairs or those with pushchairs. Car parking spaces are available on the premises.
The practice has two treatment rooms.
The dental team includes two dentists, two dental nurses, a receptionist/administrator, and a dental hygienist.
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
The practice is open at the following times:
Monday – Friday: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm
Saturdays: by arrangement
Our key findings were :
• The registered person had mitigated risks to the health and safety of service users receiving care and treatment, this included having an established system for receiving, acting on and sharing national safety alerts and had ensured that dental materials, medicines and emergency equipment were suitably maintained.
• The provider had systems in place to check staff had suitable immunity to Hepatitis B.
• The registered person had implemented a cycle of regular audits including radiography and
Disability Access Audits.
• Staff had undertaken relevant training appropriate to their jobs.
• There were systems in place to check, employment histories, proof of identity, satisfactory
evidence of conduct in previous employment and appropriate indemnity insurance