Clock House Dental

Updated 31 August 2016

We undertook a follow up inspection of Clock House Dental Practice on the 8 August 2016. This inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our inspection on 12 April 2016 had been made. We inspected the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service Safe. This is because the service was not meeting some legal requirements.

The inspection was carried out by a CQC inspector.

During the inspection we spoke with both of the clinical directors and supporting evidence was sent to the inspector to confirm our findings.

Updated 31 August 2016

We carried out an announced inspection of this practice on 12 April 2016. Breaches of legal requirements were found. After the inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to safe care and treatment.

We undertook this focused inspection to check they had followed their plan and to confirm they had now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Clock House Dental on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

Our findings were:

Are services Safe?

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

Background

Clock House Dental Practice is situated in Heworth Village area of York, North Yorkshire and is situated over three floors. Three surgeries are located on the ground floor of the practice and a further five are located on the first floor. There are eight dentists (two are the owners/Clinical Directors), a team leader, seven dental nurses (three of which are trainees) four receptionists including a reception supervisor, a lead decontamination nurse and a Dental Hygiene Therapist.

The practice offers a mix of NHS and private dental treatments including preventative advice, routine restorative dental care, private Orthodontic treatments and Dental Implants.

The practice is open:

Monday - Friday 08:30 – 17:00

One of the practice clinical directors 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.

Our key findings were:

• The practice had implemented Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) risk assessments for all dental materials used within the practice.
• The practice had completed all practice risk assessments including legionella and fire.
• The practice's recruitment policy and procedures were now suitable and the recruitment arrangements are in line with Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. This is to ensure necessary employment checks are in place for all staff and the required specified information in respect of persons employed by the practice is held, in particular all staff now held Disclosure Baring Service checks (DBS).