Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 07/06/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is amongst a small parade of shops in Armley, a suburb of Leeds. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs to help people take their medication. And it delivers medication to people’s homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. And it keeps most of the records it needs to by law. People using the pharmacy can raise concerns and provide feedback. The pharmacy team has some level of training and guidance to respond to safeguarding concerns to protect the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. The pharmacy has adequate arrangements to protect people’s private information. The pharmacy team members respond appropriately when errors happen. And they discuss what happened and act to prevent future mistakes. But they don’t record all errors or review them. This means that the team does not have information to help identify patterns and reduce mistakes. The pharmacy has written procedures that the team follows. But not all the team members have signed to say they have read the procedures. This means there is a risk they may not understand or follow correct procedures.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean, secure and suitable for the services provided. And it has adequate arrangements for people to have private conversations with the team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services and protect people’s private information. Reference sources are available for the pharmacy team to ensure they have ready access to up to date clinical 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 |