Updated 19 November 2018
We undertook a focused inspection of Greenside Dental Care on 22 October 2018. 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 was supported by a specialist dental adviser.
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of Greenside Dental Care on 23 July 2018 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 well led care in accordance with the relevant regulations 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 Greenside Dental Care on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
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.
As part of this inspection we asked:
• Is it well-led?
Our findings were:
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 breach we found at our inspection on 23 July 2018.
Background
Greenside Dental Care is in Cleckheaton and provides private treatment to adults and NHS treatment to children.
There is a small step to access the practice. Car parking spaces are available near the practice.
The dental team includes four dentists, five dental nurses, one dental hygienist, one dental hygiene therapist, one practice manager and a domestic operative. The practice has five treatment rooms.
The practice is owned by a partnership 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 Greenside Dental Care is the practice manager.
During the inspection we spoke with the practice manager. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:00am to 5:30pm
Tuesday from 8:00am to 7:00pm
Our key findings were:
- Improvements had been made to the overall governance arrangements.
- Pressure vessel inspections had been carried out on the autoclaves and compressors.
- Recommendations made in the routine test of the X-ray machine had been carried out.
- Recommendations made in the Legionella risk assessment had been completed.
- Prescription pads and antibiotics were stored securely, and appropriate logs maintained.
- Audits of X-rays and infection prevention and control had been carried out.