Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 15/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a supermarket pharmacy situated in a town shopping centre near several residential areas. Its main service is preparing NHS prescription medicines. The pharmacy also provides other NHS services such as flu vaccinations, Medicine Use Reviews (MURs), a minor ailments scheme, and emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). It also provides private services including erectile dysfunction treatment, anti-malaria medication, and a free blood pressure and body mass index monitoring service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has written instructions that the pharmacy team understands and helps them to provide safe services. The team records and reviews its mistakes so that it can learn from them. The pharmacy team keeps people’s information secure and understands its role in protecting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to provide safe and effective services. Team members work well together and have the qualifications necessary for their roles. And they have access to training to help them keep their knowledge up to date. The team consistently participate in reviewing their mistakes, which helps improve the service they provide.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises provide a secure and professional environment for healthcare services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s working practices help make sure people receive safe and efficient services. It gets medicines from licensed suppliers and carries out checks that help make sure they are safe for people to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide the services it offers.
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 |