Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 11/06/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in an Asda supermarket in Glasshoughton, close to Castleford. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescription. And it provides medication in multi-compartmental compliance packs to help people take their medication. The pharmacy provides flu vaccination services, malaria prophylaxis medicines and medication to delay periods. The pharmacy also provides a needle exchange service. And it holds palliative care medicines for use in an emergency.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. And it generally keeps the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy has written procedures that the team follows. And it has suitable arrangements to protect people’s private information. The pharmacy team members respond appropriately when errors happen. And they discuss what happened and they act to prevent future mistakes. People using the pharmacy can raise concerns and provide feedback. The pharmacy team has training and guidance to respond to safeguarding concerns to protect the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and secure. And it has appropriate arrangements for people to have private conversations with the team. The pharmacy environment is not always suitable for the team to work in.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides services that support people's health needs. The pharmacy manages its services well. It has appropriate systems to support the safe supply of medication in multi-compartmental compliance packs. The pharmacy gets is medicines from reputable sources. And it has suitable arrangements to store and manage medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services and protect people’s private 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 |