Burridge Dental Practice

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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.

Staff kept up-to-date with current evidence-based practice, and had the skills, knowledge and experience to carry out their roles.

The practice offered dental implants. Staff obtained full consent, kept detailed records and had access to the appropriate equipment for the placement of implants.

We looked at a selection of patient care records. The practice should take action to ensure the clinicians take into account the guidance provided by the College of General Dentistry when completing dental care records. The information recorded in patient care records was not consistently in line with recognised guidance. In particular, some dentists’ records lacked detail, and there were instances where contemporaneous notes for treatments undertaken had not been recorded. There was a lack of evidence to demonstrate that all the dentists justified and reported on the radiographs they took. Following our feedback, the dentists completed record keeping training and gave assurance that their records would be audited on a monthly basis to ensure the required improvements were made.

Staff obtained patients’ consent for treatment in line with legislation and guidance and understood their responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Staff described how they involved patients’ relatives or carers when appropriate and made sure they had enough time to explain treatment options clearly.

The practice had systems for prescribing and dispensing of medicines. They should improve the practice's protocols for medicines management and ensure all medicines are disposed of safely and securely. They carried out antimicrobial prescribing audits.

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.