Updated 18 October 2018
We undertook a focused inspection of Harpenden Dental Centre on 28 September 2018. This inspection was carried out to review in detail 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 inspection was led by a CQC inspector.
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of Harpenden Dental Centre on 1 May 2018 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 well led care in accordance with the relevant regulations 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 Harpenden Dental Centre on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
When one or more of the five questions are not met we require the service to make improvements and send us an action plan. We then inspect again after a reasonable interval, focusing on the area where improvement was required.
As part of this inspection we asked:
• Is it well-led?
Our findings were:
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 breach we found at our inspection on 1 May 2018.
Background
Harpenden Dental Centre is situated in Hertfordshire and provides private treatment to patients of all ages.
There is level access for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. A small number of car parking spaces are available in front of the practice; further parking is available on the road.
The dental team includes seven dentists, three dental nurses, three dental hygienists, a practice manager and one receptionist. The practice has four treatment rooms.
The practice is owned by a company and as a condition of registration must have a person registered with the Care Quality Commission as the registered manager. Registered managers 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 registered manager at Harpenden Dental Centre is the practice manager.