The Care Quality Commission published reports on the quality of care provided by 34 dental practices in England in the past week.
The practices that we have reported on are:
- Archangel Clinic Limited, West London: Meeting standards
- Beverley House Dental Practice, East Riding of Yorkshire: Meeting standards
- Blossomfield Complete Dental Care, Solihull: Meeting standards
- Bloxwich Dental Centre, Walsall: Meeting standards
- Boroughbridge Dental Centre, Harrogate and Rural District: Meeting standards
- Budleigh Salterton Dental Practice & Implant Centre, Northern, Eastern and West Devon: Meeting standards
- Chelsea Dental Clinic, West London: Meeting standards
- Christchurch Orthodontics, Dorset: Meeting standards
- Claypath Dental Practice, North Durham: Meeting standards
- College Street Dental Practice (CS Dental Practice), Somerset: Meeting standards
- College Street Dental Practice (Portman Healthcare Ltd), Somerset: Meeting standards
- D B Allen - Rawtenstall, East Lancashire: Meeting standards
- Dental Surgery (Mr Jonathan Renshaw), West London: Meeting standards
- Dental Surgery (Mr Michael T C Wong), Richmond: Meeting standards
- Dr Shenas Dental Clinc, West London: Meeting standards
- First Dental Grove Park, Lewisham: Meeting standards
- Fylde Dental Clinic, Fylde & Wyre: Meeting standards
- Glenside Dental Practice, Wirral: Meeting standards
- Kensington Dental Practice, West London: Meeting standards
- Low Fell Caring Dental Practice, Newcastle Gateshead: Meeting standards
- Luton Arches Dental, Medway: Meeting standards
- Noble Dental Practice, Birmingham CrossCity: Meeting standards
- Norfolk Street Dental Surgery, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Meeting standards
- Nottingham Emergency Dental Services Limited, Nottingham City: Meeting standards
- Oak Tree Dental Practice, Dudley: Meeting standards
- Oasis Dental Care - Chesterfield, North Derbyshire: Meeting standards
- S Kirkup Dental Surgeon - Frederick Street South, North Durham: Meeting standards
- S Kirkup Dental Surgeon - Frederick Street South, North Durham: Meeting standards
- So Dental, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Meeting standards
- The Terrace Dental Practice, East Lancashire: Meeting standards
- Bank Parade Dental Practice, East Lancashire: Not meeting standards
- College Dental Surgeries, West Kent: Not meeting standards
- Collingham Dental Practice, Newark & Sherwood: Not meeting standards
- Dental Design Studio, Blackburn with Darwen: Not meeting standards
CQC’s new approach to inspecting dental services:
CQC’s approach to inspecting dental services uses specially trained dental inspectors, accompanied by specialist advisors who are usually qualified dentists or dental care professionals. Similarly, to the other health and social care sectors inspected by CQC, dental reports describe whether services provided are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. Our inspections check that practices are meeting the fundamental standards and regulations that came into force on 1 April 2015.
CQC plans to inspect 10 per cent of England’s 10,000 dental practices. Unlike most sectors regulated by CQC, primary care dental services will not be given a rating.
Dr Janet Williamson, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice & Dentistry, said:
"We know that the quality of care provided by most dentists meets the fundamental standards required by law and, and that is reflected in the reports we have published so far.
"If we find that a dental practice is failing to meet the required standard - we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue, and we will return to check that they have made the required improvements.
“However good the general picture, we are not complacent. In the first years of inspection, CQC did identify some examples of unacceptable standards of care. Our main priority must be to ensure that we protect the public from unsafe care by continuing to inspect against the regulations and taking action that encourages improvement.”
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