Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 16/04/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is next door to a small GP surgery in a suburb of Leeds. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It provides multi-compartmental compliance packs to help people take their medication. And it delivers medication to people’s homes. The pharmacy provides flu vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. And it keeps most of the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy has written procedures that the team follows. But they have not been recently reviewed or signed by all the team. This means there is a risk that team members may not understand or follow correct procedures. The pharmacy has adequate arrangements to protect people’s private information. The pharmacy team members respond appropriately when errors happen. And they discuss what happened and act to prevent future mistakes. But they don’t record all errors or review them. This means that the team does not have information to identify patterns and reduce mistakes. People using the pharmacy can raise concerns and provide feedback. The pharmacy team has some level of training and guidance to respond to safeguarding concerns to protect the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy team has the qualifications and skills to support the pharmacy’s services. The team members discuss how they can make improvements. And they act to support the safe and efficient delivery of these services. The pharmacy team members get feedback on their performance. And they have some opportunities to complete more training. So, they can keep their skills and knowledge up-to-date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean, secure and suitable for the services provided. And it has adequate arrangements for people to have private conversations with the team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services and protect people’s private information.
What do the inspection outcomes mean?
After an inspection each pharmacy receives one overall outcome. This will be either Standards met or Standards not all met
The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies | |
The pharmacy has not met one or more of the standards for registered pharmacies |
What do the summary findings for each principle mean?
The standards for registered pharmacies are made up of five principles. The pharmacy will also receive one of four possible findings for each of these principles. These are:
The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards | |
The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards | |
The pharmacy meets all the standards | |
The pharmacy has not met one or more standards |