Daffodil Aesthetics

Updated 23 December 2022

Daffodil Aesthetics is located at 14-16 Wortley Road, High Green, Sheffield S35 4LU. The service is located in a single treatment room on the ground floor. Patients have access to toilet facilities.

The provider, Daffodil Aesthetics, is registered with the CQC to carry out the regulated activity treatment of disease, disorder or injury from this location.

The provider operates a clinician-led service which specialises in aesthetic treatments and weight loss services. The service does not offer NHS treatment. Services are available to adults aged 18 years or over only.

The service and the treatments within scope of registration are led and carried out by the provider which is a partnership of two nurse practitioners who are qualified to prescribe medicines and are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). No other staff were employed at the clinic at the time of the inspection.

The service is open Wednesday 9am to 8pm, Thursday 9am to 7pm and Saturdays 8am to 2pm.

How we inspected this service

Before visiting we reviewed a range of information we hold about the service and information provided pre-inspection by the service.

During our inspection we:

• Spoke with the registered provider.
• Looked at information the clinic used to deliver care and treatment plans.
• Reviewed documents and policies used by the service.
• Reviewed patient feedback received by the provider and by CQC.
• Observed the premises where services were delivered from.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions:

• Is it safe?
• Is it effective?
• Is it caring?
• Is it responsive to people’s needs?
• Is it well-led?

These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.

Updated 23 December 2022

This service is rated as Good overall.

The key questions are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? – Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Daffodil Aesthetics as part of our inspection programme of a new provider registration for the service. This was a first rated inspection for the service that was registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February 2022.

This service is registered with CQC under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of some, but not all, of the services it provides. There are some exemptions from regulation by CQC which relate to particular types of regulated activities and services and these are set out in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Daffodil Aesthetics provides a range of non-surgical cosmetic interventions, for example dermal filler injections which are not within CQC scope of registration. Therefore, we did not inspect or report on these services.

The registered provider for the service is Daffodil Aesthetics who provides treatments privately to fee paying clients. The registered provider has a legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

We reviewed feedback received by the provider on their booking system, comment cards from patients who had used the service and feedback received by us.

Our key findings were:

• The provider organised and delivered services to meet patients’ needs following best practice guidelines.
• Staff were appropriately trained to be able to deliver a safe service in a clean environment.
• The provider had systems and processes for monitoring and managing risks.
• The provider was proud of the work they did and of the quality of service they provided.
• Services were offered on a private fee paying basis only and were accessible to people who chose to use it.
• There was a clear strategy and vision to promote good quality care.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

• Review systems and arrangements for storing and documentation of medicines.

Dr Sean O’Kelly BSc MB ChB MSc DCH FRCA

Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Interim Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services