Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/04/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is situated amongst other retail shops in Llanrwst, north Wales. It has a consultation room available for private conversations. The pharmacy sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses both private and NHS prescriptions. And it supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs for some people, to help them take the medicines at the right time.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy effectively manages the risks associated with its services and its team members take appropriate steps to protect peoples’ information. They work to professional standards and are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They record their mistakes so that they can learn from them. And act to try and stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The pharmacy keeps the records required by law.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely. And the team members are comfortable about providing feedback to the pharmacist. The pharmacy enables its team members to act on their own initiative and use their professional judgement. And the team has access to ongoing training.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and tidy and is a suitable place to provide healthcare safely. It has a consultation room so that people can have a conversation in private.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible to people, and they are well managed, so people receive their medicines safely. The pharmacy team carries out extra checks when supplying higher-risk medicines, to make sure they are being used properly. It sources and stores medicines appropriately and carries out checks to help make sure that they are kept in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide services safely. It is used in a way that protects privacy. And the electrical equipment is regularly tested to make sure it is safe.
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 |