Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/11/2022
Pharmacy context
This
pharmacy is located on a busy high street. It mainly dispenses NHS
prescriptions and it sells a wide range of over-the-counter medicines. It
provides NHS and private flu vaccinations. The pharmacy provides a delivery
service to people's homes. And it dispenses medication into multi-compartment
compliance packs for some people who need help taking their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately manages risks to make sure its services are safe
and effective. It has written procedures to help make sure its team members
work safely. Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards and
are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They record their mistakes so
that they can learn from them and take steps to help stop the same sort of
mistakes from happening again. The pharmacy keeps people's private information
safe and team members understand their role in safeguarding vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy team members work well together and have the right
qualifications for the jobs they do. They do some additional training to keep
their skills up to date. But this is not structured so their learning needs
might not always be fully addressed.
Principle 3. Premises
The
pharmacy is clean, bright and suitable for the provision of healthcare
services. It has a private consultation room that enables it to provide members
of the public with the opportunity to have confidential conversations. The
pharmacy prevents unauthorised people accessing its premises so that it keeps
its medicines safe.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy has appropriate safeguards to help ensure it delivers its
services safely. And to make sure it stores and manages its medicines
appropriately. The team understands what additional checks to make when
supplying higher-risk medicines, to help people take their medicines safely. It
completes a range of checks and audits to help make sure the pharmacy is providing
its dispensing services effectively. And it keeps records of the medicines
it delivers to people, in case of queries.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have the equipment and facilities they need
for the services they provide. 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 |