Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/06/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is situated
amongst other retail shops in Tunstall, Stoke-On-Trent. 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 their medicines at the right time. It also provides a
range of services including the NHS Pharmacy First service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy takes
appropriate steps to manage the risks associated with its services. Its team
members record their mistakes so that they can learn from them. And they take
action to try and stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The
pharmacy keeps the records required by law. Members of the team take the
correct steps to keep people’s private information safe and safeguard
vulnerable people.
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. They have access to an ongoing,
structured training programme to help develop their skills and knowledge.
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 with a
member of the team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are
accessible to people and are provided in a safe and effective manner. 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 safe to supply to people.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the
equipment it needs to provide services safely. It is uses them in a way to help
protect privacy. And electrical equipment is regularly tested to make sure it
is safe to use.
Pharmacy details
Unit 10
Alexandra Retail Park
Scotia Road Tunstall
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST66BE
England
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 |