Updated 26 July 2022
We undertook a follow up focused inspection of B74 Dental Practice on 28 June 2022. This inspection was carried out to review in detail the actions taken by the registered provider to improve the quality of care and to confirm that the practice was now meeting legal requirements.
The inspection was led by a CQC inspector who had access to a specialist dental adviser.
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of B74 Dental Practice on 8 June 2021 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. We found the registered provider was not providing safe or well led care and was in breach of regulation 12 and 17 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 UK. We undertook a focussed follow up inspection of B74 Dental Practice on 5 October 2021 and found that some improvements had been made but the provider was not providing well led care and was in breach of regulation 17 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. You can read our report of that inspection by selecting the 'all reports' link for B74 dental practice on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
When one or more of the five questions are not met we require the service to make improvements and send us an action plan (requirement notice only). We then inspect again after a reasonable interval, focusing on the area where improvement was required.
As part of this inspection we asked:
• Is it well-led?
Our findings were:
Are services well-led?
We found this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made improvements in relation to the regulatory breach we found at our inspection on 5 October 2021.
Background
B74 Dental Practice is in Streetly, Sutton Coldfield and provides private dental care and treatment for adults and children.
There is level access to the practice for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. Car parking spaces are available at the front of the practice.
The dental team includes one dentist (the provider), one dental nurse and a receptionist. The practice has one treatment room.
During the inspection we spoke with one dentist (the provider). We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open:
Tuesday & Friday from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5.30pm
Wednesday & Saturday – by appointment only
The practice is closed on all other days.