Archived: Market Harborough Dental Practice

Updated 3 August 2017

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. 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.

We undertook an announced focused inspection of Hanji Dental Group - 106 Northampton Road on 4 July 2017. This inspection was carried out to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the practice after our comprehensive inspection on 27 February 2017 had been made. We inspected the practice against two of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe and well - led. This is because the service was not meeting some legal requirements.

The inspection was carried out by a CQC inspector who was accompanied by a dental specialist advisor.

Updated 3 August 2017

We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 27 February 2017. Breaches of legal requirements were found. After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to providing safe care and treatment to patients, ensuring suitable staff were employed and implementing, effective governance systems.

We undertook this focused inspection to check that they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Hanji Dental Group - 106 Northampton Road on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

Our findings were:

Are services safe?

We found that this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Are services well-led?

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

Background

Hanji Dental Group (Market Harborough Dental Practice) is a dental practice providing primarily NHS treatment with some private care for adults and children.

The practice is situated in a converted property on three floors and has four dental treatment rooms.

The practice is open from 8.30 am to 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 8.30 am to 5 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8.30 am to 1 pm on Fridays and 8.30 am to 2 pm on a Saturday.

The principal dentist is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as an individual. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the practice is run.

Our key findings were:

• The practice had infection control procedures which reflected published guidance.

• Staff knew how to deal with medical emergencies. Appropriate medicines and life-saving equipment were available.

• The practice had systems to help them manage risk.

• The practice had thorough staff recruitment procedures.

• The clinical staff provided patients’ care and treatment in line with current guidelines.