Updated 8 May 2023
We undertook a follow up inspection of Dentabrite Clinic on 18 April 2023. 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 provider was now meeting legal requirements.
We had previously undertaken a comprehensive inspection of the practice on 23 August 2022 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 and was in breach of regulations 17 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 Dentabrite Clinic 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 areas 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 effective improvements in relation to the regulatory breaches we found at our previous inspection. In general improvements were noted in safeguarding procedures, fire safety, medical emergency equipment and dental care records.
Background
Dentabrite Clinic provides private dental care and treatment for adults and children. The practice is not accessible to wheelchairs due to a set of steep steps leading up to the practice. There are no car parking spaces on site, but a public car park is available opposite the practice.
The dental team includes 1 dentist, 1 dental nurse and a practice manager (who is also a registered dental nurse). The practice has 2 treatment rooms, only one of which was in use at the time of our inspection.
During the inspection we spoke with the practice manager and the dental nurse. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am to 5pm.