Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 31/03/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located opposite a parade of shops, in the suburb of Hucclecote, Gloucestershire. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions, sells a few over-the-counter medicines, and provides health advice. It also offers Pharmacy First, the New Medicine Service (NMS) and local deliveries. And the pharmacy supplies many people’s medicines inside multi‐compartment compliance packs if they find it difficult to take them. This includes people in their own homes and residential care homes.
This was a reinspection following an inspection in August 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.1, 4.3, 4.4. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. In this inspection, the pharmacy was found to have an appropriate range of standard operating procedures (SOPs), team members regularly check the temperature of the fridge, and they appropriately act upon the drug alerts issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 |