Updated 23 October 2017
We carried out a follow-up inspection at Villa Dental Suite Ltd on 6 October 2017.
We had undertaken an announced comprehensive inspection of this service on 27 February 2017 as part of our regulatory functions where a breach of legal requirements was found.
After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. We checked whether they had followed their action plan to confirm that they now met the legal requirements.
We reviewed the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: are the services well led? You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Villa Dental Suite Ltd on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
We revisited Villa Dental Suite Ltd as part of this review and checked whether they now met the legal requirements. We carried out this announced inspection on 6 October 2017 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. We planned the inspection to check whether the registered provider was meeting the legal requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations.
The inspection was led by a CQC inspector.
• Is it well-led?
This question forms the framework for the areas we look at during the inspection.
Our findings were:
Are services well-led?
We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Background
Villa Dental Suite Ltd is in Bingley and provides private treatments to adults and children. Treatments include dental implants and conscious sedation.
There is level access for people who use wheelchairs and pushchairs. The practice has a dedicated car park for patients.
The dental team includes three dentists, four dental nurses, one dental hygienist, one receptionist and a practice manager. The practice has four treatment rooms.
The practice is owned by a company and as a condition of registration must have a person registered with the Care Quality Commission as the registered manager. Registered managers have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations about how the practice is run. The registered manager at Villa Dental Suite Ltd was the practice manager.
During the inspection we spoke with one dental nurse and the practice manager. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open:
Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday from 9:00am to 12:30pm
Our key findings were:
- Medicines were now stored securely.
- Decontamination and infection control procedures had been reviewed and now followed nationally recognised guidance.
- An infection prevention and control audit had been carried out.
- The practice had reviewed staff recruitment procedures. All staff now had Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.