Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/03/2023
Pharmacy context
This NHS community pharmacy is on Market Square in the centre of Biggleswade and is open six days a week. It sells medicines over the counter and it dispenses people's prescriptions. It also delivers medicines to people who have difficulty in leaving their homes. The pharmacy supplies multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need help managing their medicines. People can get their seasonal flu vaccination at the pharmacy.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its
services to help provide them safely. It records and regularly reviews any
mistakes that happen during the dispensing process. It uses this information to
help make its services safer and reduce future risk. It protects people’s
personal information well and team members understand their role in protecting
vulnerable people. But its record keeping does not always comply with legal
requirements.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has just
enough team members for the services it provides. The team members work well
together. And they usually do the right training for their roles.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are clean, secure and provide an appropriate environment to deliver its services. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally provides its services safely. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources, and it manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. It takes the right action in response to safety alerts so that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide its 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 |