Archived: Chatsworth House Dental Clinic

Updated 10 January 2017

We undertook a follow up inspection of Chatsworth House Dental Clinic on the 19 December 2016. This inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our inspection on 9 August 2016 had been made. We inspected the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service Well led? 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 the registered provider.

Updated 10 January 2017

We carried out a follow- up inspection at the Chatsworth House Dental Clinic on the 19 December 2016.

We had undertaken an announced comprehensive inspection of this service on the 9 August 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 they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to each of the breaches. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

We reviewed the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service well-led? You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Chatsworth House Dental Clinic on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

We revisited the Chatsworth House Dental Clinic as part of this review and checked whether they had followed their action plan and to confirm that they now met the legal requirements.

Our findings were:

Are services well-led?

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

Background

Chatsworth House Dental Clinic, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It is a NHS and private dental practice which offers private dental payment plans. The practice offers dental treatments including preventative advice and general dentistry.

The practice has three surgeries, one on the ground floor and two on the first floor, a decontamination room, two waiting areas, a reception area and patient toilets. There are staff facilities on the second floor of the premises.

There are three dentists and four dental nurses (two of which are trainees and one who works on reception). The partners who own the practice provide support for human resources, payroll and practice management including risk assessments and health and safety.

The practice is open between the hours of 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday.

The principal dentist is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as an individual 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:

• Staff were up to date with their mandatory training and their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in safeguarding of children, vulnerable adults, mental capacity and infection prevention and control.
• The practice had reviewed their recruitment policy and procedures to ensure they are suitable and the recruitment arrangements are in line with Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.