Archived: Orthodontic Surgery

Updated 15 June 2017

We undertook an announced focused inspection of the Orthodontic Surgery 29 March 2017. This inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our comprehensive inspection on 15 November 2017 had been made.

We inspected the practice against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service well-led?

During our inspection we spoke with a representative of a dental consultancy service and the receptionist. We reviewed a range of documentation and checked the decontamination room.

Updated 15 June 2017

During our announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 20 June 2016 we found breaches of legal requirements of to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in relation to regulation 17- Good Governance.

We undertook this focused inspection to check that the provider now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to these requirements. You can read the report from our previous comprehensive inspection by selecting the 'all reports' link for Orthodontic Surgery at www.cqc.org.uk

Are services Well-led?

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

Key findings

• Overall, we found that effective action had been taken to address the shortfalls identified at our previous inspection and the provider was now compliant with the regulation.