Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 07/01/2026
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Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located on a retail park near Crewe town centre. It is open Monday to Friday 8am-midnight, Saturday 8am-10pm and Sundays 11am-5pm. The pharmacy dispenses in the region of 4500 NHS prescription items per month and approximately 2 private prescriptions per month.
The pharmacy provides a repeat prescription collection and delivery service and Monitored Dosage System (MDS) trays to approximately 40 community patients.
Additional services offered include Medicines Use Reviews (MUR), the New Medicines Scheme (NMS) and the Emergency Hormonal Contraceptive (EHC) service via PGD.
The minor ailments scheme and palliative care services are also available. In addition to this, a travel clinic service is also available.
The pharmacy currently has 7 substance misuse service users and the needle exchange scheme is also offered.
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 |