Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 30/06/2022
Pharmacy context
This is a closed pharmacy located in an industrial estate in Poole, Dorset. It provides pharmacy services to care homes across the county. The pharmacy is able to provide medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids and as well as the supply of medicines, they provide a New Medicines Service and a delivery service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Generally, the pharmacy has adequate procedures to identify risk. It has written procedures in place to help ensure that its team members work safely. And it has insurance to cover its services. The pharmacy keeps records in the way that it should, and it protects people’s private information. The pharmacy’s team members understand their role in helping to protect the safety of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy team manages its workload safely and effectively. Team members support one another, and they are comfortable about providing feedback, so that they can improve the quality of the pharmacy's services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises provide a suitable environment for people to receive its services. They are generally organised. And they are sufficiently clean and secure.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and makes them accessible for people. The pharmacy team gets its medicines and medical devices from appropriate sources and generally stores its medicines properly. Team members make the necessary checks to ensure that the pharmacy’s medicines and devices are safe to use to protect people’s health and wellbeing.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide services safely. And it keeps them clean. The team uses its facilities and equipment to keep people's private information safe.
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 |