Chester Road 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.

Find out what we look at when we assess this area in our information about our new Single assessment framework.

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

At the inspection on 22 October 2025, we found the following:

Antimicrobial prescribing audits had been implemented. However, these had not driven improvement for all clinicians.

We noted the prescribing of antimicrobials was not always in line with current nationally recognised guidance. We noted a justification, frequency and diagnosis were not recorded consistently for all clinicians. In addition, where antimicrobials were prescribed, we noted that the length of the course was not in line with current nationally recognised guidance and there was no justification for this.

This issue had also been identified in the recently completed antimicrobial prescribing audit. However, this had not resulted in improvement for all clinicians. The provider 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 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.