We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection on on 13 and 14 August 2015 to ask the practice the following key questions;

Are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?

Our findings were:

Are services safe?

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

Are services effective?

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

Are services caring?

We found that this practice was providing caring services in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Are services responsive?

We found that this practice was providing responsive 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

We carried out a comprehensive inspection of St Cuthbert’s Dental Surgery on 13 and 14 August 2015. St Cuthbert’s dental surgery is a ground and first floor practice which situated in the centre of Winchester, Hampshire.

The practice offered private dental care services between 8.30am and 5pm from Monday to Thursday and 8.30am – 1pm on Friday to patients of all ages. Services provided included preventative advice and treatment together with routine, restorative and cosmetic dental care which included implants.

The provider, Dr Jan Schutte shared the practice facilities with two other dentists who were each separately registered with CQC. Staff and facilities were shared and patients could register with either of the dentists.

Dr Schutte was registered as an individual and was legally responsible for making sure that the practice met the requirements relating to safety and quality of care, as specified in the regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

We reviewed 40 completed CQC comment cards, gathered views of seven patients, spoke with four patients on the day of our inspection and reviewed patient feedback gathered by the practice over the last 12 months. All of the 51 patients who provided feedback for our inspection were positive about the care they received from the practice. They commented that staff were very caring, informative, respectful and the dentist was faultless, knowledgeable,, professional and always gave utmost care and attention.

We found that this practice was providing safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

There were areas where the provider could make improvements and should:

• Ensure actions identified from the risk assessments, undertaken in June 2015, are carried out.
• Ensure all areas of the premises are suitable for the purpose for which they are being used.
• Carry out staff appraisals in a timely manner.