Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/05/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located within the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. It dispenses NHS outpatient prescriptions and sells medicines to treat minor conditions. It also supplies medicines in multi- compartment devices to people being discharged from hospital. It does not provide any other pharmacy services.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff. Team members are well trained for their roles. They keep their skills and knowledge up to date and are supported in their development. Team members suggest and makes changes to improve their services. They communicate well with each other.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a safe, secure and professional environment for people to receive healthcare.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy is accessible and well positioned in the hospital. Medicines are supplied safely and the pharmacy gives additional advice to people receiving high-risk medicines. The pharmacy delivers medicines to other pharmacies to let people collect at a convenient place. It keeps appropriate records of this. The pharmacy obtains its medicines from reputable suppliers. They are stored securely and regularly checked that they are still suitable for supply. The pharmacy deals with medicines returned by people appropriately. It does not always remove people's details from returned medicines which may lead to confidentiality breaches.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy uses appropriate equipment and facilities to provide its services. It keeps these clean and tidy.
Pharmacy details
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Wonford Hospital
Barrack Road
Exeter
EX25DW
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 |