Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 13/10/2023
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located on a busy street in the town of Halstead. It provides a variety of services including dispensing NHS prescriptions, the New Medicine Service (NMS), and onsite blood pressure testing. It also provides medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who have difficulty remembering to take their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages the risks associated with its services. And the team members are clear about their roles and responsibilities. The pharmacy generally keeps the records it needs to by law. And it protects people’s confidentiality. The team know what to do to help vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has just enough staff to manage its workload effectively. And team members do the appropriate training for their roles. The team has no concerns about raising issues if needed. Team members are set some targets, but these do not impact the service.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is generally clean and tidy and provides a safe and appropriate environment for staff to work in. It is kept secure from unauthorised access.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
On the whole, the pharmacy provides its services safely and efficiently. The pharmacy obtains its medicines from reputable sources and generally stores them properly. It takes the right actions in response to safety alerts and recalls for medicines and medical devices to ensure people are getting medicines that are fit for purpose.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. And it uses this equipment to protect people’s privacy.
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 |