| Standard not met | Reason | Action being taken by the Pharmacy | By when | Notification By Pharmacy Improvements Made |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | There is a lack of governance arrangements to identify and manage the risks associated with the pharmacy's services. Formal procedures are lacking or inadequate, including SOPs, Information Governance procedures and safeguarding procedures |
Review SOP’s in order to simplify existing SOP’s and getting rid of unnecessary SOP’s where appropriate. |
24/10/2019 | 24/10/2019 |
| 1.6 | Pharmacy records are not adequately maintained. This includes records of controlled drugs and of private prescriptions. |
Get up to date with the private prescription register and CD register and update on a daily basis. |
24/10/2019 | 04/11/2019 |
| 3.1 | Work benches are cluttered and untidy. This reduces the efficiency of the dispensing operation and may increase the risk of error. |
Give the pharmacy a good tidying up, getting rid of a lot of unnecessary paperwork and clutter. Get filing cabinet to keep important paperwork together and for easy access. This will enable the freeing up space for dispensing. |
24/10/2019 | 24/10/2019 |
| 4.3 | Patient returned medicines are not always stored or managed safely |
Once the pharmacy is more organised and has more space, the patient returned medicine boxes can be stored in the back dispensary to ensure safety. Destruction of returned medicines should be done daily (weekly at the very most) if possible, to ensure the easy management and storage of waste medication to maximise space. |
24/10/2019 | 24/10/2019 |
Pharmacy inspections
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