Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/09/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located on a major road with other retail units. It is situated near the town centre of Blackpool, in Lancashire. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions, private prescriptions and sells over-the-counter medicines. It also provides a range of services including seasonal flu vaccinations, travel vaccines and substance misuse treatments. A number of people receive their medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team follows written procedures, to help it maintain the safety and effectiveness of the pharmacy's services. Members of the team are given training so that they know how to keep private information safe. They record things that go wrong and then discuss them to help identify learning and reduce the chances of similar mistakes happening again.
Principle 2. Staff
There are enough staff to manage the pharmacy's workload and they are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. Members of the pharmacy team complete regular training modules to help them keep their knowledge up to date. And they have regular appraisals when they discuss their performance, which helps them to improve. The pharmacy team gives advice to people to help them have a healthy lifestyle.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided. A consultation room is available to enable private conversations.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are easy to access, and it manages them so that they are safe and effective. It gets its medicines from appropriate sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are in good condition.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy’s team members have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
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 |