Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 10/06/2024
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is situated inside a convenience store in the centre of a village in Cambridgeshire. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions, many of which it delivers to people’s homes. It currently supplies some medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines at the right time. It offers the NHS Pharmacy First service and vaccination services, largely on an appointment basis.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy’s team members have written instructions to help them work safely. They understand what they can and cannot do if there is no pharmacist present. And they use mistakes as opportunities to learn and make improvements to how the pharmacy operates. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And it keeps people’s private information safe.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload and team members are doing the right training for the roles they undertake. Its team members can seek support from more senior members of the team if needed.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises are small, but the team keeps the working spaces clear of clutter to reduce risks.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible to people with a range of needs. And the pharmacy provides its services in an organised and safe way. It stores its medicines appropriately. And its responds well to concerns about medicines and medical devices to protect the health and wellbeing of people who use its services.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. And it has systems in place to protect access to patient 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 |