Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 16/10/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is situated
within a health centre on a busy road. It is part of a chain of pharmacies. As
well as dispensing NHS prescriptions, the pharmacy provides private services
including travel vaccinations and pregnancy testing. It also provides seasonal
flu vaccinations, COVID vaccinations, the New Medicine Service (NMS) and the
Pharmacy First Service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately
identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. The pharmacy
records and regularly reviews any mistakes that happen during the dispensing
process. It uses this information to help make its services safer and reduce
future risk. It protects people's personal information well. 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 for the services it provides, and they work effectively together.
They have the appropriate skills and qualifications or are completing the right
training to deliver services safely and effectively.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are
clean, secure and provide an appropriate 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 that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the
equipment and facilities it needs to provide its services safely. And it keeps
them clean and generally maintains them appropriately. The team uses its
equipment to keep people's private information safe.
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 |