Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 17/05/2023
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located in a health clinic and belongs to a small group. As well as dispensing NHS prescriptions the pharmacy supplies medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to some people who need help managing their medicines. It also provides needle exchange, emergency hormonal contraception (EHC), seasonal flu and travel vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. And team members work to written procedures to help them provide the services safely. The pharmacy records and reviews any mistakes that happen during the dispensing process. It uses this information to help make its services safer and reduce any future risk. Team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law, to help show that it supplies its medicines safely and legally.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to provide its services safely, and they do the right training for their roles. They do ongoing training and can get time to do this at work, which helps them keep their knowledge and skills up to date. They feel comfortable about making suggestions or providing any feedback.
Principle 3. Premises
Though small, the pharmacy's premises are clean, secure and provide an adequate environment to deliver its services. 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 takes steps to help ensure that people with a range of needs can easily access the pharmacy's services. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources, and it manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. It takes the right action in response to safety alerts so that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide services safely. And it keeps them clean. The team uses its facilities and equipment to keep people's private information safe.
Pharmacy details
Thames View Health Clinic
Bastable Avenue
BARKING
IG110LG
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 |