Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 11/11/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in a business centre in the suburbs of Bradford city centre. It has a distance selling NHS contract. Pharmacy team members dispense NHS prescriptions and deliver them to people’s homes. They provide medicines to some people in multi‐compartment compliance packs. And they provide medicines to people living in care homes and nursing homes. The pharmacy has a website, www.bradforddeliverychemist.co.uk, which is managed by a third-party company on the pharmacy’s behalf.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately identifies and manages risks. It has the written procedures it needs to help team members provide services safely. Pharmacy team members understand their role to help protect vulnerable people. And they suitably protect people’s confidential information. Team members record and discuss the mistakes they make so that they can learn from them. But they don’t always follow documented procedures to help capture key information or analyse these records, so they may miss some opportunities to learn and improve.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members have the right qualifications and skills for their roles and the services they provide. They complete some additional training to keep their knowledge up to date. Pharmacy team members feel comfortable discussing ideas and issues. And they are confident their suggestions will be considered.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and properly maintained. It provides a suitable space for the services it offers. And pharmacy team members properly secure the pharmacy to prevent unauthorised access.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible to people. It has systems in place to help it provide services safely and effectively. The pharmacy sources its medicines appropriately. And it generally stores and manages its medicines as it should. Pharmacy team members provide people with advice and information about their medicines. And they use the available technology well to help them provide medicines to people safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the necessary equipment available for the services it provides. It has some equipment available to help reduce its carbon footprint. And it manages and uses its equipment in ways that protect people’s confidentiality.
Pharmacy details
Former Windmill Gym
Ebenezer Place
Bradford
BD73DZ
United Kingdom
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 |