CQC says dental practices are offering safe and effective treatment
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- Published: Thursday, 18 October 2018 07:46
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Nine in ten dental practices are offering safe, effective, caring and responsive care and treatment, the CQC says in its latest State of Care assessment. Inspections by them found practices were giving patients evidence-based advice on improving oral health and where practice teams have used innovative ways to target children and prevent dental disease.
‘Through inspection, we have found examples of responsive notable practice in dentistry,’ the CQC says. Of the 1,336 dental practices inspected over the last year:
- 90% required no action
- 9% required action
- 1% needed enforcement action.
The report continues: “Dentists have raised concerns with CQC that there may be issues about the oral health of people in residential care homes. We intend to carry out a review of this and expect to be able to report on this next year.”
The CQC’s State of Care assessment shows that overall, quality of health and social care has been maintained from last year. It points out that this is despite a fall in funding and an increase in demand. ‘The fact that quality has been broadly maintained in the face of enormous challenges on demand, funding and workforce is a huge testament to staff and leaders,’ Peter Wyman, chair of the CQC, said.
He added: ‘But we cannot ignore the fact that not everyone is getting good care. Safety remains a real concern: although there have been some small improvements. Forty per cent of NHS acute hospitals’ core services and 37% of NHS mental health trusts’ core services were rated as requires improvement on safety.
Link to report: https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-report/state-care
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