Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 21/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a pharmacy situated in a shopping parade. It dispenses NHS prescriptions and offers an anticoagulation monitoring and supply service. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids to a number of people to help them take their medicines safely. And it also supplies medicines as part of an online doctor’s service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It largely keeps all the records it needs by law. The pharmacy’s team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. They undertake regular training to keep people’s information safe. They are good at recording and learning from any mistakes. This helps them make the pharmacy’s services safer.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members for the services provided, and they work effectively together and are supportive of one another. They have the appropriate skills, qualifications and training to deliver services safely and effectively. And they refer to the pharmacist if they are unsure.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean, secure, and maintained to a level of hygiene appropriate for the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally delivers its services in a safe and effective manner. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources. And it generally manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. The pharmacy’s team members are helpful and give advice to people about where they can get support. They also make sure people have all the information they need so that they can use their medication safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy generally has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide its services.
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 |