Updated 22 May 2017
We carried out a follow-up inspection at Strand-Dental on the 10 May 2017.
We had undertaken an announced comprehensive inspection of this service on 21 December 2016 as part of our regulatory functions where breaches of legal requirements were found.
After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what actions they would take to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach.
We revisited Strand-Dental as part of this review and checked whether they had followed their action plan.
We reviewed the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service well-led? 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 Strand-Dental on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Background
This inspection was planned to check whether the practice was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
The inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet the legal requirements planned by the practice after our comprehensive inspection on 21 December 2016 had been made.
The follow-up inspection was led by a CQC inspector who had access to remote advice from a specialist dental advisor.
During our inspection visit, we checked that points described in the provider’s action plan had been implemented by looking at a range of documents such as risk assessments, staff files, policies and staff training.
Our key findings were:
- The practice had infection control procedures which reflected published guidance. There were systems in place to ensure that all equipment used to sterilise instruments was being validated as per national guidelines
- The practice had systems to help them manage risk including the safe management of medicines prescribed by the practice
- The practice had thorough staff recruitment procedures and effective systems to track the training of staff to ensure that they met the requirements of their professional registration
- There was effective leadership at the practice. Staff were motivated and worked well together as a team.