Standard not met | Reason | Action being taken by the Pharmacy | By when | Notification By Pharmacy Improvements Made |
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1.6 | The pharmacy's records are not always maintained in line with legal requirements. This includes records of private prescriptions and controlled drugs. The pharmacy cannot demonstrate that discrepancies in the balances for the latter, when highlighted or identified are appropriately investigated, reported or annotated in the registers. |
I have reminded all branches that the correct GP must be recorded on the records held for all private prescriptions, to ensure compliance with the legal requirements. The branch has always checked the running balances for all CD;s every Saturday as a matter of process. I have reminded the team that any discrepancy that cannot be resolved must be reported to me within 7 days . If the error cannot be resolved, then I will report the incident to the Accountable Officer and make the required entry on CR Reporting. |
25/11/2022 | |
1.1 | The pharmacy is not identifying and managing several risks associated with its services as indicated under the relevant failed standards and Principles below. |
In conjunction with the Superintendent, pharmacy manager and full-time pharmacist, this action plan will be completed, and the risks highlighted below as well as described in the report will be actioned and managed accordingly. |
25/11/2022 | |
2.1 | The pharmacy does not have enough suitably qualified and skilled staff to provide its services safely and effectively. The current staffing arrangements are insufficient to fully cope with the workload, and |
We are adverting internally for our staff who work at other branches, to see if they would like to cover shifts at St Pauls, this has had some effect with two members of staff stepping forward. A few months ago, we increased the hourly rate of any dispensing technician or dispensing assistant who works in the evening to reflect the unsociable hours the pharmacy opens to reward the staff for working until 10pm. |
25/11/2022 | 06/01/2023 |
2.5 | Members of the pharmacy team are inadequately supported, and under-resourced. There is no evidence that sufficient action has been taken when team members have raised legitimate concerns. And they are not provided with opportunities to discuss feedback or concerns due to the lack of regular team meetings and performance reviews. |
The SOPs have just been updated and all staff will be required to read the sign them off. The monthly meeting has been restarted and all staff will be encouraged to raise any concerns they have. |
25/11/2022 | |
3.1 | Pharmacy services are not provided from an environment that is appropriate for the provision of healthcare services. The pharmacy is not being cleaned regularly, most of the pharmacy is extremely cluttered, and the dispensary is unable to support the pharmacy's current volume of dispensing. |
A revised cleaning and date checking rota has been set up, whereby one section of the dispensary will be cleaned, and date checked every Saturday. Excess stock has been returned to the warehouse. |
25/11/2022 | 06/01/2023 |
4.4 | The pharmacy cannot demonstrate that it has appropriate procedures in place to raise concerns when medicines or medical devices are not fit for purpose. There is limited evidence that the pharmacy team has been routinely dealing with and appropriately acting upon the drug alerts issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. |
The Drug Alert folder has been cross checked against the NHS Net emails. Any missing alerts have been actioned. |
25/11/2022 | 06/01/2023 |
4.3 | The pharmacy is not managing its medicines in a satisfactory way. This compromises the safe supply of medicines and medical devices. The pharmacy cannot demonstrate that its team members have been routinely checking medicines for expiry and medicines requiring refrigeration had not been stored in a suitable way or at the appropriate temperatures on the day of the inspection. |
A few weeks ago, 30% of the items stored in the refrigerators has been removed. |
25/11/2022 | 06/01/2023 |
4.2 | The pharmacy's services are not always managed or delivered safely and effectively. The pharmacy has no processes in place to ensure the safety of people prescribed higher-risk medicines. |
At our monthly branch meetings, the need to identify patients at risk with valproates and other high-risk medications has been addressed. Shelf warning stickers have been used to reinforce this. The use of pharmacy warnings labels will continue. |
25/11/2022 |