Updated 25 September 2017
We carried out an announced follow-up inspection at Linden Lodge Dental Practice on the 25 August 2017. This followed an announced comprehensive inspection on the 19 December 2016 carried out 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 breaches.
We revisited Linden Lodge Dental Practice and checked whether they had followed their action plan.
The practice had been served a requirement notice for issues relating to the key question of well led. We reviewed the practice against this key question which they were in breach of. We also reviewed the key question of safe as we had made recommendations and the provider had made improvements in this area. This report covers our findings in these two areas.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Linden Lodge Dental Practice 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 follow-up inspection was led by a CQC inspector and 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, audits, policies and staff training records.
Our key findings were:
- Appropriate medicines and life-saving equipment were available. Logs of checks to equipment were being maintained.
- Safeguarding policies and procedures were in place and had relevant contact details for the local authority.
- The practice had systems to help them manage risk. Governance arrangements were in place for effective and smooth running of the practice
- There was effective leadership at the practice and systems were in place to share information and learning amongst the team.