Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 26/04/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a closed pharmacy located in an industrial estate in Dorchester, 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. The pharmacy also provides COVID-19 and flu vaccines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy’s working practices are generally safe and effective. It has suitable written instructions for members of the team to follow to help to manage risks in providing its services. Team members learn from their mistakes and take action to prevent the same thing happening again. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law to show how it supplies its medicines and services safely. Members of the pharmacy team protect people’s private information. And they understand their role in safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload. It makes sure its team members are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. They complete regular additional training to help them keep their knowledge up to date and they are able to raise concerns appropriately.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are bright, clean and secure and suitable for the provision of healthcare services. The pharmacy prevents people accessing its premises when it is closed to protect people's private information and to keep its medicines stock safe. People can have a private conversation with a team member in the consultation room.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy delivers its services in a safe and effective manner, and people with a range of needs can access them. Team members identify people supplied with high-risk medicines so that they can be given any extra information they may need to take their medicines safely. The pharmacy sources, stores and manages medicines safely, and so makes sure that the medicines it supplies are fit for purpose. The pharmacy responds satisfactorily to drug alerts or product recalls so that people only receive medicines or devices which are safe for them to take.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs for the delivery of its services. It looks after this equipment to ensure it works and is accurate.
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 |