Updated 29 August 2019
We undertook a follow up focused inspection of 300 Great Western Street on 19 July 2019. 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 practice was now meeting legal requirements.
The inspection was led by a CQC inspector who had remote access to a specialist dental adviser.
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of 300 Great Western Street on 15 February 2019 which continued on 20 February 2019 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 safe or well led care and was in breach of regulations 12, 13, 17, 19 and 20 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 300 Great Western Street on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
As part of this inspection we asked:
• Is it safe?
• Is it well-led?
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.
Our findings were:
Are services safe?
We found this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made improvements in relation to the regulatory breaches we found at our inspection on 15 February 2019.
Are services well-led?
We found this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made improvements in relation to the regulatory breaches we found at our inspection on 15 February 2019.
Background
300 Great Western Street (known locally as Rusholme Dental Practice) is in Rusholme, Manchester and provides NHS and private treatment to adults and children.
There is level access to the ground floor reception and surgeries for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. On street parking is available near the practice.
The dental team includes three dentists including a foundation dentist, 11 dental nurses (six of whom are trainees), a dental hygienist, two dental hygiene therapists (one of which is a foundation therapist), two receptionists and a practice manager. The practice has four treatment rooms.
The practice is owned by an individual who is the principal dentist there. They have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations about how the practice is run.
During the inspection we spoke with the registered individual, the practice manager, two dental nurses and a receptionist. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm.
Our key findings were:
- The practice appeared clean, tidy and well maintained.
- The provider had infection control procedures which reflected published guidance.
- Staff knew how to deal with emergencies. Appropriate medicines and life-saving equipment were available.
- The provider had suitable safeguarding processes and staff knew their responsibilities for safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
- The provider had systems to help them identify and manage risk to patients and staff.
- The provider had effective leadership and culture of continuous improvement.
- Staff felt involved and supported and worked well as a team.
- The provider had suitable information governance arrangements.
There were areas where the provider could make improvements. They should:
- Review the practice’s protocols to ensure the results of audits of infection prevention and control have documented learning points and the resulting improvements can be demonstrated.
- Review the practice's recruitment procedures to ensure that appropriate checks are completed prior to new staff commencing employment at the practice. In particular, seeking references of previous satisfactory employment.