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Boots (1043071)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 19/08/2024

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy located within in a small shopping centre in the town of Livingston. Its main services include, dispensing NHS prescriptions, including serial prescriptions, and selling over-the-counter medicines. The pharmacy provides medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need help to take their medicines at the right times. And it provides a smoking cessation service and substance misuse service. Pharmacy team members provide advice on minor ailments and medicines’ use.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks with the services it provides. And it keeps the records it needs to by law. Pharmacy team members record and discuss dispensing makes and make changes to prevent the same mistake happening again. They understand their role in helping to protect vulnerable people and they suitably protect people’s confidential information.

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

Pharmacy team members have the necessary skills and qualifications they need for their roles and the services they provide. They manage the workload well and provide support to each other as they work. And they feel comfortable to raise professional concerns should they need to.

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

The pharmacy premises are appropriate for the services it provides. They are clean, secure and provide a professional image. There is a private consultation room where people can have confidential conversations with a member of the pharmacy team.

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Pharmacy team members manage and provide the pharmacy service’s safely and effectively. And they make them easily accessible to people. The pharmacy suitably sources its medicines from recognised suppliers, and it stores them appropriately. And team members carry out checks to ensure they keep medicines in good condition.

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

Team members have access to the appropriate equipment they need to provide the pharmacy services. And they use them appropriately to keep people’s confidential information secure.

Pharmacy details

12 The Mall
Craigshill
LIVINGSTON
EH545ED
Scotland

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards