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Bury Pharmacy (9011404)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 06/01/2025

Pharmacy context

This pharmacy is located in a residential area in Bury and provides its services at a distance. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions which are delivered to people. It offers the New Medicine Service (NMS) and the NHS Pharmacy First Service. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs for some people including those who reside in care homes to help them take their medicines at the right time.

This was a reinspection of the pharmacy following an inspection in August 2024 where the pharmacy was found to be not meeting standards 1.6, 2.2, 3.1 and 4.3 but was meeting the other standards. This reinspection focused on those standards which had previously not been met. Following the last inspection, the pharmacy had improved on their record keeping. The pharmacy previously had some team members who were working in the dispensary and were not registered on accredited training courses. They had since been enrolled on the courses. The pharmacy premises had also been cleaned and organised. The pharmacy previously did not have a robust process to check for expired medicines or to deal with patient‐returned medicines. And it was not able to show that it always stored medicines which require refrigeration appropriately. Since the last inspection the pharmacy had introduced a new process for completing expiry date checks of medicines and had a clearly labelled designated area where patient returned medicines were stored. Fridge temperatures were being checked and recorded on a daily basis.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met


Principle 2. Staff

Standards met


Principle 3. Premises

Standards met


Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met


Pharmacy details

First Floor
65 Canning Street
Bury
BL95AS
United Kingdom

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards