Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 03/12/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located in a business address in Preston. The pharmacy premises is not open to the public. Its sole activity is dispensing private prescriptions which it receives from ADHD services registered with the CQC. Medicines are sent by post to people who have signed up to the pharmacy’s medicine delivery service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team follows written procedures, and this helps to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the pharmacy’s services. Members of the team know how to record when things that go wrong. And they are given training so that they know how to keep private information safe. The pharmacy carries out checks before providing services on behalf of other organisations. And it completes an individual risk assessment to ensure that all of the risks have been considered.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough members of the team to manage the pharmacy's workload. The pharmacy provides relevant and regular training to each member of the team to ensure they are well-skilled for the services being provided.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided. And it is maintained to a standard expected of a healthcare setting. Its website contains information to tell people about who provides its pharmacy services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are safe and effective. It gets its medicines from licensed sources, stores them appropriate, and complete regular checks, Medicines are delivered to people in an effective manner. The pharmacy completes additional checks of the prescribing interval, and query when they identify any potential concerns.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
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 |