Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 29/10/2025
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Pharmacy context
A community pharmacy located in Dorking town centre.
The pharmacy is open 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm Sunday.
The pharmacy dispenses between 3,000 and 3,500 prescription items every month.
The pharmacy also provides a range of services including over the counter (OTC) sales of medicines, medicines use reviews (MURs), new medicines service (NMS), a repeat prescription collection and delivery service, malaria prevention, NHS health checks, smoking cessation, seasonal influenza vaccinations, substance misuse treatment for 11 clients and monitored dosage system (MDS) dispensing for around 40 patients.
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 |