Compliance Policies

With over 30 years’ experience working alongside dental practices and assisting them in preparing for inspections, we are proud to have supported thousands of practices across the UK in achieving compliance.

In an effort to support practices further, DD have complied various compliance policy bundles that include 140 templates, audits and checklists as well as example policies. Each policy or template is designed to support practices with their compliance management and evidence, taking the hassle out of compliance. All policies and templates will need to be amended to suit bespoke and local practice arrangements.

DD Members receive 15 free example templates* as part of the Membership Service offering.

Policy Bundles Include:

COSHH
Infection Prevention and Control
Safeguarding and Incidents
Building Management
Fire Safety
Staff Health and Safety
Sedation
Medical History and Medical Emergencies
Drugs and Prescribing
Record Keeping and Audits
Consent
Complaints Handling
Aesthetics

Policy bundle prices start from as little as £4.99+vat depending on what compliance support is required.

Drugs and Prescribing

Price £5.99+vat

This bundle contains a comprehensive drugs and prescribing policy (there are 2 versions – one for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and one for Scotland). Template logs have also been included to enable you to record essential information with respect to drugs prescribed as well as details required for controlled drugs. There is also a private prescription template which you can personalise and start using straight away, ensuring that you do not miss any important details in order to comply with prescribing regulations and guidance.

Mental Health Awareness and Stress Management

£6.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations in recognising mental health issues and stress within the workplace. An Employer needs to be able to demonstrate that all risks to staff have been risk assessed, identified and that adequate control measures are implemented to support staff with their mental health and wellbeing. The bundle includes a total of 5 templates relating to stress and mental health risk assessment and management.

Consent

Price £16.99+vat

Gaining informed consent is an essential part of the treatment process and is repeatedly referred to within the GDC Standards for the Dental Team (2013). The consent policy within this bundle in association with the templates for the most common dental procedures are valuable tools to assist you during the consenting process. However, it should be noted that obtaining informed and valid consent is an ongoing and iterative process which must be personalised to each individual patient, so please use these documents as an adjunct to the process.

Aesthetics

Price £8.99+vat

More and more patients are requesting aesthetic procedures such as tooth whitening, smile design or non-surgical treatments such as dermal fillers and botulinum toxin. These templates and consent forms can complement the information that you give to patients when consulting with them before they embark on potentially expensive treatments.

Building Management

Price £7.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations required under Health and Safety legislation and the Equality Act as well as specific Healthcare Regulation and guidance. As a provider of healthcare services, the Responsible Person needs to demonstrate that the building and its facilities are suitable to accommodate all service users, that the building is safe, secure and that business interruption plans are available to cover all potential risks that could affect service provision. The bundle includes a total of 10 templates relating to security, access, asbestos and disaster recovery.

COSHH

Price £7.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations required under COSHH Regulation. In order to comply with COSHH Regulation and associated standards and guidance, thorough risk assessment needs to be completed and the findings shared along with adequate control measures. All staff need to have received relevant information, instruction, training and supervision to enable work to be undertaken safely. The bundle includes 8 COSHH Management policies, risk assessment templates and information on how and when to report a COSHH related incident.

Staff Health and Safety

Price £12.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations required under Health and Safety legislation and providing a safe environment for staff whether permanent or temporary. An Employer needs to be able to demonstrate that all risks to staff have been risk assessed and identified and that adequate control measures are implemented to keep staff safe whilst in the workplace. The bundle includes a total of 13 templates relating to DSE/VDU, Manual Handling/Ergonomics, Working at Heights, Lone working, Use of Equipment and Pregnancy.

Sedation

Price £10.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you when carrying out treatment under conscious sedation in your practice, including information that treating staff members should be aware of as well as useful material to give to patients and their escorts. In addition, the bundle includes comprehensive consent form templates that can be modified and personalised to suit each individual patient.

Medical History and Medical Emergencies

Price £4.99+vat

This bundle includes a detailed template which can be used to gather all the necessary medical history information clinicians need to ensure that they are providing safe and effective care to patients. Copies of key guidance issued by NICE and the NPSA which are relevant when dealing with certain “high risk” groups of patients has also been included. A detailed policy on how to deal with medical emergencies including relevant checklists completes this essential bundle.

Record Keeping and Audits

Price £12.99+vat

Record keeping is an essential part of everyday practice and the policy included in this bundle focuses on the key aspects that clinicians must remember in line with FGDP guidance but also helps non-clinical staff to follow a consistent approach when noting down patient information and relaying messages between staff and patients. The referral letter template, log and guidance will enable you to follow a consistent process and track this effectively when referring to other practitioners. The audit templates are essential to enable you to quality assure your practice processes including clinical elements and service-related elements. These will enable you to meet your clinical governance targets.

Infection Prevention and Control

Price £12.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations required under Health and Safety legislation, Environmental Regulation and Healthcare specific Infection Prevention and Control. All staff need to have received relevant information, instruction, training and supervision to enable work to be undertaken safely to minimise the risk of potential infection transmission. The bundle includes 16 Management policies relevant to infection control such as Sharps, Waste, PPE, Hand Hygiene and Dental Specific protocols for cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation as well as risk assessment templates and audits to demonstrate practice specific compliance evidence.

Safeguarding and Incidents

Price £10.99+vat

Includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations required under Health and Safety legislation, the Equality Act and Healthcare specific Regulation. All staff need to have received relevant information, instruction, training and supervision to enable work to be undertaken safely and reassurance that when an incident occurs that it will be thoroughly investigated and reported without reprise. The bundle includes 9 Management policies relevant to general health and safety, safeguarding, equality and diversity and how to record significant events.

Fire Safety

Price £5.99+vat

This bundle includes essential documents that will support you with meeting legal obligations required under Health and Safety and Fire Safety legislation and associated standards and guidance. All staff need to have received relevant information, instruction, training and supervision to enable work to be undertaken safely to minimise the risk of potential fire in the workplace. The bundle includes a total of 8 templates relating to Fire Safety Management, Personal and Electrical Safety as well as fire procedures and fire marshal duties.

*15 free templates cannot be changed/swapped

If you require any assistance with completing your policy or template following purchase, please email compliance@ddgroup.com.