Smile Implant Clinics

Updated 5 May 2017

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was announced and planned to check whether the practice was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

We had undertaken an unannounced focused inspection of this service on 31 March 2016. As part of our regulatory functions we carry out unannounced inspections where we have reported concerns. We found there was a breach of legal requirements when we inspected previously. The practice had received two warning notices and a requirement notice for the breaches of regulation. Previous to the inspection carried out in March 2016 we had carried out unannounced and announced inspections on 11 and 26 November 2015 where we found breaches of legal requirements.

After the unannounced inspection on the 31 March, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches identified. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements and we reviewed the practice against two of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe and well-led?

We revisited the practice on 03 October 2016 and 27 February 2017 as part of this review and checked whether they had followed their action plan and to confirm that they now met the legal requirements.

The inspection was led by a CQC inspector who was accompanied by a dental specialist advisor and a second inspector. During our inspection visit, we checked that the provider’s action plan had been implemented by looking at a range of documents such as risk assessments, audits, staff records, maintenance records and policies. We spoke with all the staff in the practice and this included; the provider, the practice manager, the dental nurse and receptionist and also carried out a tour of the premises.

You can read the previous inspection reports from our website at www.cqc.org.uk by selecting the 'all reports' link for Smile Implant Clinics.

Updated 5 May 2017

This practice was previously known and registered as Clinic Nine. The old name Clinic Nine is no longer registered with CQC.

For the purpose of this report we refer to the provider as Paris P Ltd and Smile Implant Clinics as this is the registered name at this location at the time of publishing this report.

We carried out an announced follow- up inspection on 03 October 2016 and an announced inspection on the 27 February 2017 at Smile Implant Clinics. Following previous inspections the provider had received two warning notices and a requirement notice for the breaches of regulation.

You can read the previous inspection reports from our website at www.cqc.org.uk by selecting the 'all reports' link for Smile Implant Clinics.

Our findings were:

Are services safe?

We found that this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations

Are services effective?

We did not assess this domain at this inspection

Are services caring?

We did not assess this domain at this inspection

Are services responsive?

We found that this practice was providing responsive care in accordance with the relevant regulations

Are services well-led?

We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations

Background

CQC inspected the practice on 31 March 2016 and asked the provider to make improvements regarding Regulation 15 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Premises and equipment, Regulation 12 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment, and Regulation 17 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Good governance.

We checked these breaches as part of the follow-up inspection on 03 October 2016 and 27 February 2017.

Smile Implant Clinics provides private dental treatment and facial aesthetics from their clinic in Hove, near Brighton.

The majority of the dental treatment provided is implants with some general dentistry. The practice mostly provides treatment for adults but has a very small number of patients that are children.

Practice staffing consisted of the principal dentist who is also the owner and registered manager, a practice manager, a dental nurse and a receptionist.

The principal dentist, Dr Mehdi Pourani is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons 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 practice opening hours are 9.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday.