Updated 11 September 2019
We undertook a focused inspection of Newnham Dental Practice on 7 August 2019. This 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 now met legal requirements.
We had undertaken a comprehensive inspection 5 February 2019 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 in accordance with the relevant regulations 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 Newnham 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. We then inspect again after a reasonable interval, focusing on the areas where improvement was required.
As part of this inspection we asked:
- Is it well-led
Our findings were:
We found this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
The provider had made good improvements in relation to the regulatory breach we found at our previous inspection on 5 February 2019. These must now be embedded and sustained in the long-term.
Background
Newnham Dental Practice is a well-established practice based in Ely that provides private treatment to about 1,000 patients. It has two treatment rooms. The dental team includes one dentist, three hygienists and three dental nurses. An orthodontic and endodontic specialist visit regularly to provide additional treatment to patients.
There is ramp access for people who use wheelchairs and those with pushchairs. There is no on-site parking but car parking spaces, including some for blue badge holders, are available near the practice.
The practice opens on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 am to 5 pm; and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 6 pm.
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 the practice is the principal dentist.