Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 25/04/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located within a medical centre. It dispenses NHS prescriptions and provides Medicines Use Review (MUR) and New Medicine Service (NMS) consultations. Most of the prescriptions it receives are from the adjacent GP surgery.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy manages its risks well. Its team members record and review their mistakes to make improvements to the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy keeps the records that it needs to and generally makes sure that these are accurate. The pharmacy manages its confidential waste well and its team members know how to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to safely manage its services. It makes sure that its team members are suitably qualified for their roles. And provides regular training to try and keep them up to date. The pharmacy encourages its team members to regularly provide feedback and discuss issues to maintain good standards.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises are suitable for providing its services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy safely manages its services. It stores its medicines appropriately and generally makes sure that they are safe to use. Its team members identify higher-risk medicines and help people to use these safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy’s equipment and facilities are suitable for providing its services safely.
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 |