Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 23/08/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located within a GP practice in the rural village of Bampton in Oxfordshire. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It provides some services such as Medicines Use reviews (MURs) and the New Medicine Service (NMS). It supplies multi-compartment compliance aids for people if they find it difficult to manage their medicines. And, the pharmacy provides medicines to residents in a care home.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective. Members of the pharmacy team understand how they can protect the welfare of vulnerable people. And, they protect people’s private information appropriately. The pharmacy usually maintains its records in accordance with the law. Its team members monitor the safety of the pharmacy's services by recording their mistakes and learning from them. But, they don't always record enough detail that could help them to demonstrate this.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely. Pharmacy team members are competent. They understand their roles and responsibilities. And, they keep their skills and knowledge up to date by completing regular training.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are clean, secure and provide a professional environment to deliver health care services. But, the pharmacy stores some assembled prescriptions directly on the floor. This could damage medicines and may be a trip hazard.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Members of the pharmacy team can make suitable adjustments to allow people with different needs to access their services. The pharmacy provides its services safely and effectively. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources and stores them appropriately. And, it takes extra care with higher-risk medicines. This helps ensure that people can take their medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy’s equipment and facilities are clean. They are suitable for their intended purpose and in general, help ensure the pharmacy can provide its services safely.
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 |