Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 30/10/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located in a bus station in Cleckheaton and provides most of its services at a distance, it has a consultation room which is used to provide some face-to-face services. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions which are delivered to people. It offers the New Medicine Service (NMS) and the NHS Pharmacy First Service. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi‐ compartment compliance packs for some people to help them take their medicines at the right time.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. And people can provide feedback about its services. It keeps the records it needs to keep by law, and these are kept accurate and up to date. And it protects people's personal information appropriately. Team members consistently make records of dispensing mistakes that occur which helps them to learn from them. And they take action to help reduce the chance of similar mistakes from happening again.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload appropriately. Staff complete ongoing training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Its team members are able to discuss issues as they arise. And the pharmacy does some planning to assess its future staffing needs.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are suitable for the pharmacy's services and are clean and secure. The pharmacy's website gives people information about who is providing its services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely. It obtains its medicines from licensed sources and manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. Team members take the right action when safety alerts are received, to ensure that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services. And it keeps them secure to help protect people’s data.
Pharmacy details
Cleckheaton Bus Station
Dewsbury Road
Cleckheaton
BD195DL
England
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 |