Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 19/06/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in Warrington, Cheshire. The pharmacy mainly sells over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It also provides a range of services such as blood pressure monitoring, diabetes testing and seasonal flu vaccinations. And it supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs to people in their own homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has processes and procedures to help the team manage the risks to services. The pharmacy keeps the records it must by law. It advertises how people can provide feedback and raise concerns. The pharmacy keeps people’s private information safe. It has processes available to its team members, to help protect the welfare of vulnerable people. The pharmacy is good at recording and analysing any near miss errors made when dispensing. And its team members can demonstrate how they have made changes to their working environment to help them reduce near miss errors.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and properly maintained. It provides a suitable space for the health services provided. And the pharmacy has a room where people can speak to pharmacy team members privately.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The equipment and facilities the pharmacy uses in the delivery of services are clean, safe and protect people’s confidentiality.
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 |