Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 06/07/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in a
village, close to the surgery. It provides NHS and private prescription
dispensing mainly to local residents. The pharmacy sends some prescriptions for
medicines which need to be supplied in multi-compartment compliance packs to a nearby
branch for dispensing. Some other prescriptions are sent to an off-site
dispensing facility each day and returned within an agreed timescale. The
pharmacy provides a supervised consumption service for people treated by the
drug and alcohol team.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards and identify
and manage risks effectively. The team members are clear about their roles and
responsibilities. They log any mistakes they make during the dispensing process.
And they learn from these to avoid problems being repeated. The pharmacy keeps
its records up to date and largely accurate which helps show that it is
providing safe services. It manages and protects information well. The team
members also understand how they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable
people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough qualified staff to provide safe services. Training is provided by the company and staff find this useful to help keep their skills and knowledge up to date
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean and
provide a safe, secure and professional environment for people to receive
healthcare.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective, and it gets its
medicines from reputable sources. Pharmacy team members are helpful and give
advice to people about where they can get other support. They try to make sure
that people have all the information they need so that they can use their
medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the right equipment for its services. It makes sure its equipment is safe to use.
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 |