Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/11/2022
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy situated in a large canal-side development in the westside district of Birmingham. The pharmacy serves a mainly young professional population. It sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses prescriptions. And it offers substance misuse treatment to a handful of people. It also provides a prescription delivery service and seasonal flu vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has safe and effective working practices. It has written procedures to help deliver its services safely. And it generally keeps the records it needs to by law, to show that medicines are supplied safely and legally. Members of the pharmacy team record and review their mistakes so that they can learn and improve from these events. The pharmacy keeps people’s private information safely and its team members know how to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its current workload. Members of the pharmacy team work well together, and they can raise concerns or make suggestions to help improve the pharmacy’s services. And they have access to training resources to help keep their skills and knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy has a professional appearance, and its team members keep it clean and tidy. And people visiting the pharmacy can have a conversation with a team member in private. The premises are kept secure from unauthorised access.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy manages its services well to ensure people get appropriate care and support to manage their medicines safely. People with different needs can access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy gets its medicines from licensed wholesalers, and it stores them appropriately. Members of the pharmacy team take the right action in response to safety alerts so that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide its services safely. And team members use the equipment in a way that protects people’s privacy and dignity.
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 |