Updated 26 July 2022
We undertook a follow up focused inspection of St George’s Dental Practice on 27 May 2022. 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 access to a specialist dental adviser.
We undertook a focused inspection of St George’s Dental Practice on 04 May 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 safe, effective and well led care and was in breach of regulations 12, Safe care and treatment, 17, Good governance and 19, Fit and proper persons employed 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 St George’s dental practice on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
As part of this inspection we asked:
• Is it safe?
• Is it effective?
• Is it well-led?
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 27 May 2022.
Are services effective?
We found this practice was providing effective care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made improvements in relation to the regulatory breaches we found at our inspection on 27 May 2022
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 27 May 2022.
Background
St George’s Dental Practice is in Canterbury and provides NHS and private dental care and treatment for adults and children.
There is level access to the practice for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. Car parking spaces, including dedicated parking for people with disabilities, are available near the practice.
The dental team includes four dentists, one registered dental nurse, who is the practice manager and two trainee dental nurses. The practice has four treatment rooms, one of which on the ground floor is decommissioned; therefore, access for wheelchair users is not currently available.
During the inspection we spoke with a dentist, a 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:
9am to 5pm Monday, Tuesday and Friday
9am to 6pm Wednesday and Thursday