Dental Compliance and CQC Support for UK Practices
Practical compliance support led by co-founder Siobhán Allwood-Oke, whose dental career runs from the front desk to senior directorship. We help you get CQC ready, stay ready and keep your marketing within the rules.
What Does Dental Compliance Support Include?
Dental compliance support helps a practice meet its obligations under CQC regulation, GDC standards, infection prevention and control (IPC) requirements and data protection law. At Foxstern Dental Growth Partners, that covers CQC registration, inspection preparation, IPC assessments, ongoing compliance reviews, GDPR and compliance-safe marketing. The aim is a practice that is inspection-ready as a matter of routine, rather than in a rush before a visit.
Compliance in UK dentistry is a real constraint on how a practice runs and how it markets itself. Getting it wrong is expensive. Getting it right gives you the stability that growth depends on.
Our compliance work is led by Siobhán, who has managed it from inside a dental practice at every level. The advice is practical and built around how your team actually works. Policies that sit in a binder on a shelf don’t help anyone on inspection day.
CQC Registration Support
Registering a new practice or a change of provider means detailed applications, policies and a registered manager interview. We help you prepare each part and know what to expect.
Get help with registration 02CQC Inspection Preparation
Had notice of an inspection, or want to be ready before one arrives? We review your practice against the CQC key questions and help you close the gaps.
Prepare for inspection 03IPC Assessment and Audit
We assess your infection prevention and control against current guidance, from decontamination to surgery set-up, and give you a clear list of what to fix.
Book an IPC assessment 04Ongoing Compliance Support
Monthly or quarterly reviews that keep policies, audits, training records and risk assessments current, so compliance doesn't drift between inspections.
See ongoing support 05GDPR and Data Governance
Patient records, consent, retention and breach procedures. We check how your practice handles data and help you put clear processes in place.
Review your data handling 06Compliance-Safe Marketing
Dental advertising is regulated by the GDC and the ASA. We review your website, ads and social content so they stay within the rules, including for clear aligners.
Check your marketing 07Advertising Standards Training
Short, practical sessions that help your team understand what they can and can't say about treatments online, in ads and on the phone.
Train your team ?Not Sure Where You Stand?
Most practices have a few compliance gaps they don't know about. The free growth audit flags them, with no obligation to work with us afterwards.
Book your free growth auditWho Is Dental Compliance Support For?
Our compliance support is for UK dental practice owners, principals and practice managers who want confidence that the practice meets CQC, GDC, IPC and data protection requirements. It suits new practices going through CQC registration, established practices preparing for inspection, and teams where nobody clearly owns compliance. Support can be a one-off review or an ongoing monthly or quarterly arrangement.
Compliance often overlaps with how the practice is run day to day. If that’s where the pressure sits, see our practice management support, or start with a practice growth audit.
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How Does Our Compliance Support Work?
Whether you need registration help, inspection preparation or ongoing support, the process follows four steps.
- Compliance review. We look at your policies, audits, training records, IPC and data handling against what CQC expects.
- Clear priorities. You get a plain list of what needs fixing, in order of risk, with who should own each item.
- Fix and document. We help you update policies, set up audits and put the evidence in place.
- Stay ready. Ongoing reviews keep everything current, so the next inspection feels routine.