Updated 10 May 2018
We carried out an announced follow-up inspection at McCarthy Dental Practice on the 6 April 2018. This followed an announced comprehensive inspection on the 2 August 2017 carried out as part of our regulatory functions where breaches of legal requirements were found.
After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what actions they would take to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches.
We revisited McCarthy Dental Practice and checked whether they had followed their action plan.
The practice had been served a requirement notice for issues relating to the key question of well led. We reviewed the practice against this key question which they were in breach of. We also reviewed the key question of safe as we had made recommendations and the provider had made improvements in this area. This report covers our findings in these two areas.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for McCarthy Dental Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Background
This inspection was planned to check whether the practice was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
The follow-up inspection was led by a CQC inspector and a specialist dental advisor.
During our inspection visit, we checked that points described in the provider’s action plan had been implemented by looking at a range of documents such as risk assessments, audits, medical emergency medicines and equipment and policies.
Our key findings were:
- Appropriate systems were in place to receive safety alerts. The alerts were stored in a central location for future reference.
- Appropriate medicines and life-saving equipment were available. Logs of checks to equipment were being maintained.
- The practice had systems to help them manage risk. Governance arrangements were in place for effective and smooth running of the practice.