Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 23/01/2025
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Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is on a residential estate in the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire. Its main services include dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It provides the NHS New Medicine Service (NMS), NHS blood pressure check service and NHS Pharmacy First service. It also offers a private weight management service. The pharmacy supplies some medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs, designed to help people remember to take their medicines. And it offers a medicine delivery service.
This was a reinspection
following an inspection in July 2024, where the pharmacy did not meet Standards
1.2, 1.6 and 4.3. This reinspection focused mainly on those Standards which had
previously not been met. The pharmacy has improved against all these standards.
Since the last inspection, its team members have been regularly recording the
mistakes they make when dispensing medicines to support them in monitoring risk.
They keep medicines in a neat and tidy manner on the dispensary shelves which
supports them in working safely. The pharmacy conducts regular stock checks of
its medicines to ensure they remain safe to supply to people. And it
appropriately monitors the environment in which medicines are stored. The
pharmacy is keeping its records in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
And its team continue to make good efforts to keep the small premises clean and
free from unnecessary clutter.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 |