Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 03/09/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy provides a homecare medicines service which involves delivering ongoing medicine supplies direct to people’s homes. Hospital prescribers initiate all the supplied treatments. Some aspects of the service, for example nursing care, are not GPhC regulated. Therefore, this report focusses solely on the registerable services that the pharmacy provides. The pharmacy is in a purpose-built industrial estate unit, which is not open to the public. The company that owns the pharmacy holds MHRA manufacturer and wholesale dealer authorisations.
This inspection is one of a series of inspections we have carried out as part of a thematic review of homecare services in pharmacy. We will also publish a thematic report of our overall findings across all of the pharmacies we inspected. Homecare pharmacies provide specialised services that differ from the typical services provided by traditional community pharmacies. Therefore, we have made our judgements by comparing performance between the homecare pharmacies we have looked at. This means that, in some instances, systems and procedures that may have been identified as good in other settings have not been identified as such because they are standard practice within the homecare sector. However, general good practice we have identified will be highlighted in our thematic report.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy carries out regular risk assessments and takes steps to manage the risks it identifies. Team members follow standard operating procedures to help them work effectively. They review things that go wrong so they can learn from them. And they know how to handle sensitive information to protect people’s privacy.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to effectively manage its workload. Team members have defined roles and understand what is expected of them. They are appropriately trained for the work that they do, and they receive regular ongoing training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean, secure and spacious enough for the pharmacy’s services. It provides a professional environment for healthcare services and keeps people's information secure.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Overall, the pharmacy’s working practices are effective, which helps make sure people receive safe services. It gets its medicines from licensed manufacturers and suppliers and manages them effectively to make sure they are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment that it needs to provide its services effectively. It properly maintains its equipment and it has the facilities to secure people's information.
Pharmacy details
Units 11/12
Lawnhurst Trading Estate
Ashurst Drive
Stockport
SK30SD
England
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 |