Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/05/2025
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Pharmacy context
A pharmacy located within an Asda supermarket in the town of Melksham, Wiltshire. The pharmacy serves the local population which is varied in age range.
The pharmacy dispenses around 2,200 items a month and as well as the NHS Essential Services, they provide MURs, NMS, supervised consumption, influenza vaccinations, and have a contract to provide emergency access to medicines for out of hours.
Privately, the pharmacy also delivers an erectile dysfunction PGD, a malaria prophylaxis PGD and a Ventolin PGD.
The pharmacy is open from 8am to 11pm on Monday, 7am to 11pm from Tuesday to Friday, 7am to 10pm on Saturday and from 10am to 4pm on Sunday.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |