Duty of Candour Report

Duty of candour annual report

Year ending 30th June 2024

To fulfil our duty of candour responsibilities, this report describes the unintended or unexpected

incidents that occurred at our dental practice during the last year.

Practice: Stockbridge Dental Practice 9 Dean Bank Lane Edinburgh EH3 5BS

Responsible person: Mr Dhevraj Paratian, Principal Dentist,

Date of report: 15/07/2024

Aims and objectives of the practice

To provide care and advice to our patients in a safe environment free from risk of harm, ensuring we have highly trained staff to provide this care.

Duty of candour responsibilities

We have held team meetings to discuss our duty of candour responsibilities should an unintended or unexpected incident occur. The team is aware of and understands the practice adverse incident (duty of candour) protocol, which describes what to do when something goes wrong. The protocol identifies the practice contact, who should be notified of all incidents and near misses and will conduct an investigation, if necessary. We use this as an annual reflection and discuss our protocols and importance of good note taking and checking things twice before completing

Unexpected or unintended incidents

The following unexpected or unintended incidents occurred between 1st June 2023 and 30th

June 2024. These incidents do not include those relating to a patient’s illness or underlying

condition.

 Wrong site extraction (or similar where the incident changed the person’s body): 0 times

 Long-term pain of 28 days or more (for example, prolonged pain following an extraction):0

times

 Permanent lessening of bodily, sensory, motor, physiologic or intellectual functions: 0 times

 A person’s treatment increased: 0 times

 A person died: 0 times

 A person’s life expectancy shortened: 0 times

 A person’s sensory, motor or intellectual functions was impaired for 28 days of more: 0 times

 A person needed health treatment to prevent them dying: 0 times

 A person needed health treatment to prevent other injuries listed above: 0 times

The total number of unexpected or unintended incidents was: 0

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Action taken

I confirm that for the following incidents the duty of candour protocol was followed:

Zero incidents to report

The practice protocol was not followed for the following incidents:

 Zero incidents to report

Lessons learnt

Zero unexpected incidents this year, although filling out the annual form gives us time for

reflection and to make sure we are following protocols and operation procedure to ensure this

remains the case for next year.

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