Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/10/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located near Braintree town centre in a largely residential area. It receives most of its prescriptions electronically. And it provides a range of services, including the New Medicine Service, flu vaccination service and blood pressure checks. The pharmacy supplies medications in multi-compartment compliance packs to a large number some people who live in their own homes to help them manage their medicines. And it also provides medicines as part of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. It records and regularly reviews any mistakes that happen during the dispensing process. And it uses this information to help make its services safer and reduce any future risk. The pharmacy provides people with information about how they can complain about its services. It protects people’s personal information. Team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. And the pharmacy largely keeps its records up to date and accurate.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. They are provided with ongoing and structured training to support their learning needs and maintain their knowledge and skills. They can raise any concerns or make suggestions and have regular meetings. The team members can take professional decisions to ensure people taking medicines are safe. These are not affected by the pharmacy’s targets.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. And overall, the pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and largely stores them properly. And it responds appropriately to drug alerts and product recalls. This helps make sure that its medicines and devices are safe for people to use. But the pharmacy doesn't highlight prescriptions for higher-risk medicines. And this may mean that it misses opportunities to speak with people when they collect these medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
Pharmacy details
Colne House
96 Mount Chambers
Coggeshall Road
BRAINTREE
CM79BY
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 |