Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 22/08/2023
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in an innovation centre near Maidstone town centre. It provides NHS dispensing services at a distance. And it supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to a large number of people who live in care homes. It receives all its prescriptions electronically.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. It learns from mistakes that happen during the dispensing process to help make its services safer. It protects people’s personal information well. And people using the pharmacy can provide feedback about its services. And it keeps its records up to date and accurate. Team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. They do the right training for their roles. And they are provided with some ongoing training to support their learning needs and maintain their knowledge and skills. They can openly discuss any concerns and team members can make professional decisions.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. It gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and stores them properly. And it responds appropriately to drug alerts and product recalls. This helps make sure that its medicines and devices are safe for people to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
Pharmacy details
Workshop Office 4 (Ref Office WS02)
Maidstone Innovation Centre, Gidds Pond Way
Weavering
Maidstone
ME145FY
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 |