Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 07/02/2024
Pharmacy context
This is an NHS community pharmacy in a parade of shops on the outskirts of Brighton. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions and providing other services such as the New Medicine Service and selling over-the-counter medicines. It runs an anticoagulant clinic on Wednesdays. And it supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to some people who need this additional level of support. The pharmacy delivers medicines to some people’s homes. And it provides the NHS Hypertension Case-Finding Service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It records and reviews any dispensing mistakes that happen, and it can show how it learns from them to help make the pharmacy’s services safer. Team members know how to protect the welfare of a vulnerable person. And they generally protect people’s private information well. The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law, to show that its medicines are supplied safely and legally. Team members know their own roles and responsibilities.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to provide its services, and they do the right training for their roles. They feel comfortable about raising any concerns and they can take professional decisions. They do ongoing training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
Overall, the premises are suitable for the pharmacy’s services and they are kept secure from unauthorised access. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. It gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and stores them properly. Team members take the right action in response to safety alerts to help ensure that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services, and it generally maintains it appropriately. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
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 |