Updated 8 January 2019
We undertook a focused inspection of Fourways Dental Surgery on 19 December 2018. 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.
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of Fourways Dental Surgery on 5 April 2018 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 well led care and was in breach of regulation 17 Good Governance 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 Fourways Dental Surgery on our website www.cqc.org.uk.
As part of this inspection we asked:
• Is it well-led?
When one or more of the five questions are not met we require the service to make improvements and send us an action plan. We then inspect again after a reasonable interval, focusing on the area’s where improvement was required.
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 breaches we found at our inspection on 5 April 2018
Background
Fourways Dental Surgery is in Sevenoaks and provides a very small NHS contract and private treatment for adults and children
There is level access for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. Car parking spaces, including some for blue badge holders, are available adjacent the practice.
The dental team includes five dentists, two dental hygienists, four dental nurses, two trainee dental nurses and two receptionists. The practice has four treatment rooms.
The practice is owned by a partnership and as a condition of registration must have a person registered with the Care Quality Commission as the registered manager. Registered managers have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations about how the practice is run. The registered manager at Fourways Dental Surgery was one of the principal dentists.
During the inspection we spoke with two dentists and three dental nurses. We looked at practice policies and procedures and other records about how the service is managed.
The practice is open:
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Monday to Friday 8.30am – 1.00pm & 2.00pm – 5.30pm.
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Saturdays 08.30am – 1.00pm. (alternate Saturdays)
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Closed Sundays.