The Care Quality Commission
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Archived: Anthony Keating Dental Surgery

61 Ethelbert Gardens, Ilford, Essex, IG2 6UW (020) 8550 8217

Provided and run by:
Dr Anthony Finbarr Keating

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All Inspections

6 March 2014

During an inspection looking at part of the service

We inspected this service in December 2013. During that inspection we found that the arrangements for the care and welfare of people were not adequate. People's medical conditions and current medications were not being recorded regularly. We saw that emergency medications were out of date and there was no record that emergency items had been checked.

Records concerning infection control and decontamination processes had not been maintained. There were instances of poor recording keeping in all areas. No infection control audits had been carried out. On this visit we found that improvements had been made.

People's needs were assessed and care and treatment was planned and delivered in line with their individual treatment plan. Their medical conditions were assessed and recorded each time they visited the practice. Current medications they were taking were also recorded in their treatment plans. Standards for record keeping had improved.

There were arrangements in place to deal with foreseeable emergencies. There were effective systems in place to reduce the risk and spread of infection. Cleaning schedules had been put in place. Infection control audits had been undertaken and the results were used to improve the service.

18 December 2013

During a routine inspection

People who use the service understood the care and treatment choices available to them. People said treatment options were clearly explained to them and that they were able to ask questions if anything was unclear. One person told us "he tells me what he plans to do." People told us confidential discussions were held in private and that they were treated with respect by staff. People told us they were happy with the treatment they received, one said "I think it is excellent. I lost all fear of the dentist." We found that treatment plans were in place which included details of any fees payable. The service had a supply of medicines for use in an emergency, however, most of the drugs held were found to be out of date.

We found the service had systems in place for sterilising equipment used in dental treatment and people told us they found it to be clean. However, the service did not have any cleaning schedules in place and did not carry out any audits of its infection control and decontamination processes.

We found that staff undertook relevant professional development and training and that records were stored securely.