Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/06/2025
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Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is situated close to local shops and a doctors’ surgery. Most of its activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions for people who live in the local area. The pharmacy also sells a range of medicines and gives advice to people over the counter. It offers some NHS services including Pharmacy First service, hypertension case-finding service, and seasonal flu vaccinations. The pharmacy has recently started delivering medicines to some people’s homes.
This was an inspection that focused on the core Standards relating to patient safety. Not all Standards were inspected on this occasion. The last inspection of the pharmacy was in February 2016.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |